A new volume of the longstanding theatre journal, documenting conversations that traverse disciplinary boundaries
Theater Symposium, Volume 32 delves into the collaborative dynamics and ritualistic exchanges within performance during the collective resurgence into a hopeful post-COVID world. This volumes contributors embark on a journey through the vibrant realm of material performance, with puppetry at the forefront, guiding readers into an expansive landscape of object performance styles and structures. As they navigate this terrain, they pose critical questions that unravel the complexities of object performance analysis and its impact on audiences. Bringing together perspectives from designers, creators, and performers, this volume explores how object performances serve as a medium to engage with the world, fostering synchrony and positive outcomes across a diverse array of artistic practices. Theater Symposium, Volume 32 invites readers to expand their understanding of collaborative practices and the object world, whether it be through the lens of labor or entertainment.
Contributors
Ashley Bellet / Francesca Marie Chilcote / Elisabeth Hostetter / Rebecca Johnson / Kyla Kazuschyk / Keith Byron Kirk / Jesse Njus / Claudia Orenstein / Paulette Richards / Dory Sibley / Echo Sunyata Sibley / Skye Strauss
Theater Symposium, Volume 32 seeks to explore the collaborative interactions and ritual chains specific to performance during the collective reemergence into a hope filled post-COVID landscape. The contributors choose to engage this period of rebirth through an examination of the thriving and robust environment of material performance in all its facets. While vast in its diversity and by far the most popular aspect of object performance, puppetry serves as the guide into an even larger creative space of object performance styles and structures.
