{"title":"Arts Criticism Pedagogy for the Twenty-First Century","authors":"A. Versényi","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912292","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139292620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theater of Lockdown: Digital and Distanced Performance in a Time of Pandemic by Barbara Fuchs (review)","authors":"Steve Luber (He/Him)","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912299","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139303021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler (review)","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912297","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139296173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Actor Training in Anglophone Countries: Past, Present and Future by Peter Zazzali (review)","authors":"Evi Stamatiou","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912301","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139297649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Integrating students' experiences of a theatrical performance into coursework often presents a pedagogical challenge, especially if the performance serves only as an occasion for critique or as an illustration of course themes. This essay describes some classroom strategies that help students pay attention to the distinctive elements of the experience of attending a theatrical performance while at the same time preparing them to connect these experiences to the themes and issues of the course. The process begins with an assignment that asks students to identify just one thing they noticed during the performance, then to describe how that element contributed to their comprehension of the moment-to-moment storytelling. With an understanding of the performance firmly grounded in observation, students are better prepared to explore connections between their experiences at the theatre and their investigations in the classroom. The essay describes these assignments in action in an intermediate-level lecture/discussion course on dramatic literature where students attended a production of Angels in America. Approaches described herein have successfully worked in courses on different subjects, themes, formats, and curricular levels, and with both theatre majors and students from many disciplines.
{"title":"\"They Noticed Everything\": Integrating Student Experience of Theatrical Performance into Coursework","authors":"Michael W. Kaufmann","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912295","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Integrating students' experiences of a theatrical performance into coursework often presents a pedagogical challenge, especially if the performance serves only as an occasion for critique or as an illustration of course themes. This essay describes some classroom strategies that help students pay attention to the distinctive elements of the experience of attending a theatrical performance while at the same time preparing them to connect these experiences to the themes and issues of the course. The process begins with an assignment that asks students to identify just one thing they noticed during the performance, then to describe how that element contributed to their comprehension of the moment-to-moment storytelling. With an understanding of the performance firmly grounded in observation, students are better prepared to explore connections between their experiences at the theatre and their investigations in the classroom. The essay describes these assignments in action in an intermediate-level lecture/discussion course on dramatic literature where students attended a production of Angels in America. Approaches described herein have successfully worked in courses on different subjects, themes, formats, and curricular levels, and with both theatre majors and students from many disciplines.","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139294534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michelle Granshaw, Mia Levenson, Courtney Colligan, Mac Irvine, Victoria LaFave, Noe Montez, Elizabeth W. Son
Abstract:As the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary at ATHE 2022, the group hosted the roundtable "Imagining New Possibilities: Career Diversity and Doctoral Education in Theatre and Performance Studies," welcoming faculty and graduate students to think expansively about the present and future of doctoral education. Co-organizers Michelle Granshaw (University of Pittsburgh) and Mia Levenson (Tufts University), along with panelists Courtney Colligan (University of Pittsburgh), Mac Irvine (Tufts University), Victoria LaFave (University of Pittsburgh), Noe Montez (Tufts University), and Elizabeth W. Son (Northwestern University), reflected on pressing questions and exciting opportunities surrounding career diversity. Faculty and students highlighted issues including how to shift program and field cultures to erase stigma and elitism and create an openness to career diversity conversations; incorporate career diversity and fields like the public humanities into programs and curriculum to serve students' individualized career paths; contextualize and understand the job market and career trajectories to help us consider ways to improve career planning and mentorship; understand how graduate education and career diversity impact student labor; and prioritize and implement equitable practices.
{"title":"Imagining New Possibilities: Career Diversity and Doctoral Education in Theatre and Performance Studies","authors":"Michelle Granshaw, Mia Levenson, Courtney Colligan, Mac Irvine, Victoria LaFave, Noe Montez, Elizabeth W. Son","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912296","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:As the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary at ATHE 2022, the group hosted the roundtable \"Imagining New Possibilities: Career Diversity and Doctoral Education in Theatre and Performance Studies,\" welcoming faculty and graduate students to think expansively about the present and future of doctoral education. Co-organizers Michelle Granshaw (University of Pittsburgh) and Mia Levenson (Tufts University), along with panelists Courtney Colligan (University of Pittsburgh), Mac Irvine (Tufts University), Victoria LaFave (University of Pittsburgh), Noe Montez (Tufts University), and Elizabeth W. Son (Northwestern University), reflected on pressing questions and exciting opportunities surrounding career diversity. Faculty and students highlighted issues including how to shift program and field cultures to erase stigma and elitism and create an openness to career diversity conversations; incorporate career diversity and fields like the public humanities into programs and curriculum to serve students' individualized career paths; contextualize and understand the job market and career trajectories to help us consider ways to improve career planning and mentorship; understand how graduate education and career diversity impact student labor; and prioritize and implement equitable practices.","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139303682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Theatre students need an expansive view of art and storytelling in order to fully engage the diversity of the field of theatre and performance. We argue this can be accomplished by moving past a focus on the "play from the inside" of most script analysis courses toward a dramaturgical analysis. Dramaturgy offers a broader approach that fosters more complex critical and creative thinking skills, thus providing a stronger foundation for analytical ability. How can dramaturgy broaden the artistic discipline's approach to script analysis? What do we gain from applying a dramaturgical sensibility to script analysis? We suggest the employment of five themes to utilize in dramaturgical analysis: context, audience, creation, shape, and conceptual frameworks.
{"title":"Dramaturging Script Analysis","authors":"Amanda Dawson, Scott C. Knowles","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912293","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Theatre students need an expansive view of art and storytelling in order to fully engage the diversity of the field of theatre and performance. We argue this can be accomplished by moving past a focus on the \"play from the inside\" of most script analysis courses toward a dramaturgical analysis. Dramaturgy offers a broader approach that fosters more complex critical and creative thinking skills, thus providing a stronger foundation for analytical ability. How can dramaturgy broaden the artistic discipline's approach to script analysis? What do we gain from applying a dramaturgical sensibility to script analysis? We suggest the employment of five themes to utilize in dramaturgical analysis: context, audience, creation, shape, and conceptual frameworks.","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139306113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Red Summer Project: Returning to Live Theatre While Putting Mission and Vision into Practice","authors":"Deborah James, Svetlana Rogachevskaya","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912290","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139305046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacting Theatre Audiences: Methods for Studying Change ed. by Dani Snyder-Young and Matt Omasta (review)","authors":"Allison B. Gibbes (She/Her)","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a912300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a912300","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139300991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The plays featured in section six, “Articulating Intersections,” intersectionally explore social, political, and economic pressures within ongoing systemic inequality. Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root, as analyzed by Juliet Guzzetta, riffs on the facts of the Jena Six case to expose multiple prejudices including racism, homophobia, and misogyny and suggests the importance of uniting against oppression for social justice. Xing Fan examines Frances YaChu Cowhig’s The World of Extreme Happiness, set in China during the transitional time between 1992 and 2012 in the “in-between” zone of Shenzhen, one of the earliest established Special Economic Zones. Courtney Elkin Mohler reads Lynn Nottage’s Sweat in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election, noting the play’s dramaturgy leverages affective audience response to the bitemporal setting, thus highlighting the tendency toward nostalgia during the Trump era.
{"title":"Michael Chekhov Technique in the Twenty-First Century: New Pathways ed. by Cass Fleming and Tom Cornford (review)","authors":"Bradford Sadler","doi":"10.1353/tt.2023.a901205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2023.a901205","url":null,"abstract":"The plays featured in section six, “Articulating Intersections,” intersectionally explore social, political, and economic pressures within ongoing systemic inequality. Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root, as analyzed by Juliet Guzzetta, riffs on the facts of the Jena Six case to expose multiple prejudices including racism, homophobia, and misogyny and suggests the importance of uniting against oppression for social justice. Xing Fan examines Frances YaChu Cowhig’s The World of Extreme Happiness, set in China during the transitional time between 1992 and 2012 in the “in-between” zone of Shenzhen, one of the earliest established Special Economic Zones. Courtney Elkin Mohler reads Lynn Nottage’s Sweat in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election, noting the play’s dramaturgy leverages affective audience response to the bitemporal setting, thus highlighting the tendency toward nostalgia during the Trump era.","PeriodicalId":209215,"journal":{"name":"Theatre Topics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125895027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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