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Performing communities : grassroots ensemble theaters deeply rooted in eight U.S. communities / Robert H. Leonard and Ann Kilkelly; introduction by Jan Cohen-Cruz.
- Title
- Performing communities : grassroots ensemble theaters deeply rooted in eight U.S. communities / Robert H. Leonard and Ann Kilkelly; introduction by Jan Cohen-Cruz.
- Author
- Leonard, Robert H.
- Publication
- Oakland, Calif. : New Village Press, c2006.
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- Description
- vii, 230 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Grassroots ensemble theaters deeply rooted in eight U.S. communities
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : the ecology of theater-in-community / Jan Cohen-Cruz -- Findings : knowing the secrets behind the laughter / Robert H. Leonard and Ann Kilkelly -- 1. Carpetbag Theater Company : cheerleader for the revolution / Ann Kilkelly -- Play excerpt : "Nothin' nice" / Linda Parris-Bailey -- 2. Cornerstone Theater Company : love and respect at work in the creative process / Robert H. Leonard -- Play excerpt : "Steelbound" / Alison Carey -- 3. Dell'Arte Company : damn good theater : what it is and how to get it in Blue Lake, California / Robert H. Leonard -- Play excerpt : "Korbel" (first episode : the funeral) / The Dell'Arte Company -- 4. Jump-Start Performance Co. : magic glue : the politics and personality of Jump-Start / Ann Kilkelly -- Play excerpt : "Le Griffon" / Sterling Houston -- 5. Los Angeles Poverty Department : theater as an act of citizenship / Robert H. Leonard -- Play excerpt : "Agents and assets" / Los Angeles Poverty Department -- 6. Teatro Pregones : the twin rigors of art and community, or not the people who said green / Robert H. Leonard -- Play excerpt : "El apagon" (the blackout) / José Luis González -- 7. Roadside theater : little epiphanies / Ann Kilkelly -- Play excerpt : "South of the mountain" / Ron Short -- 8. WagonBurner Theater Troop : laughing at the edge / Ann Kilkelly -- Play excerpt : "An evolving Indian theater experience" / WagonBurner Theater Troop.
- ISBN
- 0976605449 (pbk.) :
- 9780976605447
- LCCN
- ^^2006920582
- OCLC
- 69361634
- SCSB-11105665
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library