Research Catalog

Title

Ensemble-made Chicago : a guide to devised theater / Chloe Johnston and Coya Paz Brownrigg.

Author

Johnston, Chloe

Publication

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

Paz Brownrigg, Coya

Description

xx, 202 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Brings together a wide range of Chicago theater companies to share strategies for cocreating performance. Cocreated theater breaks down the traditional roles of writer, director, and performer in favor of a more egalitarian approach in which all participants contribute to the creation of original material. Each chapter offers a short history of a Chicago company, followed by detailed exercises that have been developed and used by that company to build ensemble and generate performances. Companies included range in age from two to fifty years, represent different Chicago neighborhoods, and reflect both the storefront tradition and established cultural institutions. The book pays special attention tot he ways the fight for social justice has shaped the development of this aesthetic in Chicago. Assembled from interviews and firsthand observations, this book is written in an accessible style and will serve as an invaluable guide for students and practitioners alike, as well as an important archive of Chicago's vibrant ensemble traditions.

Series Statement

Second to none: Chicago stories

Uniform Title

Second to none: Chicago stories.

Alternative Title

Guide to devised theater

Subjects

• Ensemble theater
• Theater
• Ensemble theater > Illinois > Chicago
• Illinois > Chicago
• Theater > Illinois > Chicago

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202).

Contents

Ensemble-made Chicago : an introduction -- 500 Clown. Foursquare ; I'm falling ; Object scene ; Open scene -- About Face Youth Theatre. The vending machine ; Genderless storytelling ; Performing a story ; Moment of oppression -- Albany Park Theater Project. Mingle Mingle ; 1-5 ; Off-site, spatial explorations -- Barrel of Monkeys. Clap your hands ; Follow the leader -- Every house has a door. First day of the Abandoned Practices Workshop -- FEMelanin. Body image performance ; New choice -- Free Street Theater. Rant pants and party pants ; Where I come from (Sojourn Theatre) ; I come from (Albany Park Theater Project) ; Free Street : party pants and rant pants ; Wiggle and jiggle ; Memory web ; Affirmations, messages of support -- Honey Pot Performance. Ring shout ; Witness, caller, mover ; Sewing stories -- Lookingglass Theatre. Alternating speaker ; Flocking ; When I was a child -- The Neo-Futurists. A task in a circle ; Site-specific performance ; Inspired by The arrow ; Your profession of faith -- The Second City. Walking warm-up ; Power improv ; Premises -- Southside Ignoramus Quartet (SIQ). Memory tag ; Brainstorming and context analysis ; -- Teatro Luna. Binary tag ; Pushing and hugging ; Moment-land -- Walkabout Theater. Skill sharing ; Creating a score ; Empty box -- The Young Fugitives. The pushing game ; Live animation ; Line tag -- Time line -- List of exercises by type.

Call Number

MWED (Chicago) 19-2884

ISBN

• 9780810138780
• 0810138786
• 9780810138797 (canceled/invalid)
• 0810138794 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2018026416
• 40028769431

OCLC

1039313686

Author

Johnston, Chloe, author.

Title

Ensemble-made Chicago : a guide to devised theater / Chloe Johnston and Coya Paz Brownrigg.

Publisher

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Second to none: Chicago stories

Second to none: Chicago stories.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202).

Local Note

AUTH: LAKE FOREST COLLEGE.

Added Author

Paz Brownrigg, Coya, author.

Other Standard Identifier

40028769431

Research Call Number

MWED (Chicago) 19-2884