Katrina on Stage: Five Plays

ISBN-13: 9780810127500 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str.

Suzanne M. Trauth; Lisa S. Brenner

Opis

The plays collected in this volume give artistic expression to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. In so doing, they also illuminate many social, political, and environmental issues central to American life. Besides telling the kinds of stories that the news media could not, these plays explore the deeply rooted problems plaguing New Orleans. The factual basis of these plays serves a documentary purpose, but, as drama, they also depict the flood's consequences for individuals - unimaginable loss, powerlessness, displacement. The plays collected here - "Rising Water" by John Biguenet; "The Breach" by Catherine Filloux, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and Joe Sutton;" Because They Have No Words" by Tim Maddock and Lotti Louise Pharrissis; "Trash Bag Tourist" by Samuel Brett Williams; and "Katrina: The K Word" by Lisa Brenner and Suzanne Trauth - show how theatre can both enhance our understanding of disastrous events and facilitate a sense of community between audiences and those who experienced them."