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Identity and Agonism: Tim Miller, Cornerstone, and the Politics of Community-Based Theatre by Fletcher, John

“…Contends that community-based theatre (CBT) can productively redefine the parameters of what "political performance" can mean. Draws on the work of…”
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The Efficacy/Effeminacy Braid: Unpicking the Performance Studies/Theatre Studies Dichotomy by Bottoms, Stephen J

“…Notes that in the popular imagination, theatre is still linked integrally and stereotypically with homosexuality. Discusses various critical debates of the…”
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Writing Intensive Courses in Theatre by Roost, Alisa

“…Describes the incorporation of writing into theater courses and ways of crafting engaging writing-intensive courses. Contends that in designing…”
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Lesbian Scholar/Gay Subject: Turn-of-the-Century Inversions by Marra, Kim

“…Outlines the author's research and interest in the life and sexuality of Clyde Fitch, a successful yet historically obscure American playwright and sometime…”
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Ding Dong School (Skits and Things): Teaching Performance Art by Clark, Laurie Beth

“…Considers the relevance of a semester length curriculum in Performance for Art and Theatre students. Contends that art majors in performance classes learn to…”
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A Performer's Notes on Parody by Margolin, Deb

“…Contends that parody is the direct result of an attempt to make room for oneself within an airtight, closed, or exclusive social, cultural, or theatrical…”
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The Four Elements: New Models for a Subversive Dramaturgy by Rudakoff, Judith

“…Characterizes dramaturgy as where an artist conceives and germinates individualized artistic processes to facilitate and instigate the transmission of…”
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Dramaturgy in the Classroom: Teaching Undergraduate Students Not To Be Students by Mazer, Cary M

“…Proposes that a crucial task facing a theater professor teaching an undergraduate dramaturgy class is to force the students to stop thinking like students…”
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Pressing an Ear Against a Hive or New Play Explorations in the Twenty-First Century by Bly, Mark

“…Describes a drama course, which included 20 play readings and discussions as well as descriptive commentary focusing on the play's inherent strengths and the…”
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Questioning the Text by Ditor, Rachel

“…Outlines a dramaturg's process when working on three different plays. Contends that the myriad variations on the question "what will happen next?" serve as the…”
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Teaching Play Analysis: How a Key Dramaturgical Skill Can Foster Critical Approaches by Orr, Shelley

“…Describes the development of an introductory theater course which encourages students to fashion well-informed views of plays. Notes that the skills fostered…”
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Dramaturg as Instructor/Instructor as Dramaturg: Seeking Balanced Approaches to Working with Professional and Student Playwrights by Shimko, Robert

“…Discusses the different requirements of teaching drama students and directing professionals. Outlines a range of dramaturgical action between working to…”
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Research, Counter-text, Performance: Reconsidering the (Textual) Authority of the Dramaturg by Hopkins, D. J

“…Explains that "counter-text" describes the results of a period of independent dramaturgical research and development and the contribution this makes to a…”
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Teaching and Rehearsing Collaboration by Thomson, Lynn M

“…Describes a method for teaching and rehearsing collaboration, which involves the application of improvisation skills to conversation. Concludes that the goal…”
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A Team Approach to Dramaturgy at Cornish College of the Arts by Wilson, John Kendall

“…Explains that five members of the Cornish faculty from various departments and a student came together across lines of discipline and departments to form a…”
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Dramaturging Non-Realism: Creating a New Vocabulary by Haring-Smith, Tori

“…Discusses the experiences of a professional and academic dramaturg as she learns how to respond to non-realist plays. Proposes that non-realism is not simply…”
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Dramaturgy and Silence by Proehl, Geoffrey S

“…Notes that in rehearsals and performances, a jumble of silences are encountered. Discusses silence in the following situations: as frustration; as imposition;…”
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(Re-)Creating the Critique: In(tro)ducing the Semiotics of Theatre in the Foreign-language Performance Project by Essif, Les

“…Describes a seminar in which students get creatively involved in the process of textual construction by collaborating in the rewriting of a dramatic text…”
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An Interview with Stella Adler by Rotte, Joanna

“…Details the life of Stella Adler, an actor, director, and teacher who studied with Stanislavsky. Includes an interview (conducted in 1974) which touches on her…”
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Reconsidering Stanislavsky: Feeling, Feminism, and the Actor by Blair, Rhonda

“…Comments on the mistrustful attitude toward feeling and the biological body in feminist theories of performance. Proposes that recent developments in cognitive…”
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