The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance

ISBN-13: 9781032134888 / Twarda / 2024 / 512 str.

Opis

This book traces how manifestations of Latine self-determination in contemporary U.S. theatre and performance practices affirm the value of Latine life theatrical culture.

Recenzje

"The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance is essential reading for those who desire to delve into the breadth and depth of Latine theatre and performance. This remarkable volume offers an abundant array of aesthetically and culturally diverse contributions from foundational, established and emerging voices in the field. May the global theatre community engage this significant archive and resource for years to come!"

Anne García-Romero, University of Notre Dame, USA

 

"Montez and Sanchez Saltveit’s masterfully-edited volume is a treasury of insights into contemporary Latine theatre. This collection of essays by scholars and artists is an intergenerational conversation about Latine theatrical practices that reflect on and refract contemporary debates about identity, politics and culture."

Patricia A. Ybarra, Brown University, USA

 

"This dynamic collection brings together the revelatory work of a wide array of Latine artists coupled by the historical, theoretical, and academic analysis of our best scholars. By celebrating the voice and of Latine artists and the insight of our best contemporary scholars, Dr. Sanchez Saltveit and Dr. Montez have created a vital gift for our field." 

Karen Zacarías, Playwright and Core Founder, Latinx Theatre Commons, USA

Spis treści

Part 1: Latine Identities

1. Make Your Heart Your Face

Juliette Carrillo

2. Translating the Literal and Metaphorical Languages of Theatrical Make-believe

Guillermo Reyes

3. Down the Yellow Brick Road to Querencia: Brian Quijada’s Somewhere Over the Border

Kristin Leahey

4. Laughter for Liberation: Latine Comedy in the U.S. American Theatre

Amelia Acosta Powell

5. Luisa Capetillo: A Beautiful Anarchy

Magdalena Gómez

6. A Good Light: Making the Most of Our Spotlights

Amparo Garcia-Crow

7. Ode to Identity

Daniel Jáquez

8. The Struggles and Successes of Building an Inclusive Arts/Activist Community on the Border

Samuel Valdez

9. Discussing Intersectionality of AfroLatinidad in Entertainment and Performance

Daphnie Sicre

10. Permission

Elaine Romero

Part 2: History/Presence

11. Latinx Presence in New York’s Downtown Arts Scenes 1963-1975

Eric Meyer García

12. “Quinto Festival de Teatro Chicano- Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano: Un Continente, Una Cultura Por Un Teatro Libre y Para la Liberacion:” The Vision, the Plan, the Event

Alma Martinez

13. From Latin Cigar Factory Workers/Actors to Latine Pulitzers: Latine Theatre in Florida

Lillian Manzor

14. Latine Theatre in Florida

Lillian Manzor

15. La Rose: Broadway, 1906 and San Juan Bautista, 1981

Ricardo Ernesto Rocha

16. Fornésian Dreamscapes: Navigating Queer World-Making

Melody Contreras

17. Su Teatro: Original Sinners and Institution Builders

Anthony J. Garcia

18. Pregones/PRTT: Lighting the Spark — For the Love of Theatre

Rosalba Rolón

19. He Is the Man that I Am: Nightlife and Legacy in Marga Gomez’s Latin Standards

Javier Luis Hurtado

20. “Why do we exist?” Theatre and Placemaking within Southern Arizona’s Sonoran Heritage

Marc David Pinate

Part 3: Communities/ Next Generation

21. Creating a Path in Higher Education When There is None

Elizabeth C. Ramírez

22. Considering Diasporican Drama

Jon D. Rossini

23. Our Ritual, Our Process: A Conversation with Migdalia Cruz

Marissa Chibás

24. Topology and the Dramatic Writer

Georgina Escobar

25. Resisting Relapse: Positive Identity and Empowerment for Youth on the Frontera

Adriana Dominguez

26. The New Old Sound: A worksheet manifesto

Beto O’Byrne

27. Yana Wana: A Dramatic Call to Action for Indigenous Latinx Youth in Texas

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and María F. Rocha

28. The Stranger and the City: Theatre, Democracy, Inclusion

Ana Candida Carneiro

29. Articulating A Complete Life: The Queer Pastorelas of Teatro Alebrijes

Javier Luis Hurtado

Part 4: World Making

30. Mi Cuenta

Krysta Gonzales

31. Jornaleros: Art, Labor and Drama

Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez

32. Material Bodies and Object Vitality: Octavio Solis’s Don Quixote and Quixote Nuevo

Carla Della Gatta

33. Racial Masquerade and Black Latinidades in Rachel Lynett’s Black Mexican

Jade Power-Sotomayor

34. Tú eres mi otro yo: The Ecodramaturgy of José Cruz González

Theresa J. May

35. Dancing Migration: Trespassing, Borders, and Precarious Crossings in Silvana Cardell’s Supper, People on the Move

Amelia Rose Estrada

36. Testimonio: Exploring the Latinx Weave in Theatre

Rose Cano

37. El Silencio: A Chicana Perspective on Contemporary Latinx Theatre and Performance as Testimonio

Elisa Gonzales

38. Erased or Stereotyped: Latine Bisexual Representation in the American Theatre

Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden

39. Sonic Resistance and Resilience in Teatro Luna’s Talking While Female and Other Acts

Melissa Huerta

Part 5: Structures

40. The Orange and the Brick: A story about US Latine playwriting

Caridad Svich

41. Creating Opportunities: A Latinx Playwright’s Journey

Diana Burbano

42. San Diego Rep Latinx New Play Festival

Maria Patrice Amon

43. Circles Rising: Latina Directors in Community

Estefanía Fadul

44. South Texas Playwrights

Jerry Ruiz

45. Latinx Theatre: The New Frontier

Henry Godinez

46. Crafting Culture on Chicago’s Stages

Priscilla Maria Page

47. Familism at Work in Latine Theates

Olga Sanchez Saltveit

48. A Play is a Poem Standing Up

Marisela Treviño Orta

49. The Graying of the Field: How I Survived the Transition from ‘New Dramatist’ to one Who Is No Longer New

Migdalia Cruz

50. Latinx TikTok: Rasquache Theatre Goes Digitial

Trevor Boffone

O autorze

Noe Montez is Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University, USA.

 

Olga Sanchez Saltveit is Assistant Professor of Theatre, Middlebury College, USA; co-Artistic Director, Dogteam Theatre Project, and Artistic Director Emerita, Milagro.