Ignite: Illuminating Theatre Creation for Young Minds

by URGE Collective, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey (Editor), Eva Colmers, Andrew Kushnir

Overview

A three-play collection about youth that explores the themes of race, identity, and belonging. This book is comprised of And By the Way Miss . . . by URGE Collective, Beneath the Ice by Eva Colmers, and The Middle Place by Andrew Kushnir, featuring scholarly introductions for each.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770914742
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	04/26/2016
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Heather Fitzsimmons Frey is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. Some of her core fields of research include childhood, youth, agency, power and identity, young people and audience reception, and representations of childhood in young people’s theatre, among others.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Note v

Acknowledgements|vii

Igniting Theatre for Young Audiences ix

The Middle Place Andrew Kushnir 1

And by the Way, Miss … by Urge with the Ensemble 85

Beneath the Ice Eva Colmers 183

About the Contributors 269