The three directors gathered in this volume all approach theatre-making in part as an act of citizenship. Jesusa Rodrķguez, Peter Sellars, and Reza Abdoh differ markedly in many important respects, but they all come to the theatre as an intervention in the public sphere.
Rodrķguez, Sellars, and Abdoh blend a spirit of social critique with acts of democratic community building. These essays examine how theatre, for them, is not a sphere of aesthetic experience insulated from the divisions, antagonisms, and alliances of a conflicted society. It is a way to forge fleeting but consequential communities that might reverberate through that society and affect its future development.
The Great North American Stage Directors series provides an authoritative account of the art of directing in North America by examining the work of twenty-four major practitioners from the late 19th century to the present. Each of the eight volumes examines three directors and offers an overview of their practices, theoretical ideas, and contributions to modern theatre. The studies chart the life and work of each director, placing his or her achievement in the context of other important theatre practitioners and broader social history. Written by a team of leading experts, the series presents the genealogy of directing in North America while simultaneously chronicling crucial trends and championing contemporary interpretation.
Recenzijos
This resource provides a valuable in-depth look into the development of a stage directors work and how their efforts affected the development of the performative arts. * CHOICE *
Daugiau informacijos
The definitive account of the work, lineage and legacy of Jesusa Rodriguez, Peter Sellars, and Reza Abdoh.
List of Figures
Series Introduction, James Peck (Muhlenberg College, USA)
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Jesusa Rodrķguez, Peter Sellars, Reza Abdoh, James Peck
(Muhlenberg College, USA)
Jesusa Rodrķguez
1. From El Hįbito to Resistencia Creativa: Reimagining Mexico through Jesusa
Rodrķguezs Artivism, Leticia Robles-Moreno (Muhlenberg College, USA)
2. Directing the Public: On Jesusa Rodrķguezs Lesbian Feminist
Interventions, Ivįn A. Ramos (University of Maryland, USA)
Peter Sellars
3. Peter Sellars: Politics and Spirituality in Opera, James Peck (Muhlenberg
College, USA)
4. Peter Sellars Work in Theatre Directing, Peter Lichtenfels (University
of California Davis, USA)
Reza Abdoh
5. Hypervalent Elegies: Death and Loss in the Late Works of Reza Abdoh,
Daniel Mufson (Author, Germany)
6. Tough Love: Offstage and Affect in the Late Plays of Reza Abdoh, Guy
Zimmerman (Padua Playwrights, USA)
Notes on Contributors
Index
James Peck is Professor of Theatre at Muhlenberg College, USA. He is the co-editor of Performing Magic on the Western Stage (2008) and has published in many academic journals, including Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, Theatre Survey, and TDR. He serves on the editorial board of Theatre Topics and on the senior advisory board to the peer reviewed section of the SDC Journal.
