Staging America Cornerstone and Community-Based Theater

Name: Staging America Cornerstone and Community-Based Theater
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ISBN: 9780809324972

ISBN-10: 0809324970

ISBN-13: 9780809324972

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sonja Kuftinec

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This captivating study" "maps a history and theory of community-based theater in the United States through the Cornerstone Theater Company. Detailing how the performance-making process contributes to an ongoing negotiation of American identity, Sonja Kuftinec investigates community-based theater to trace the historical affiliations of the form and critically examines how community-based theater both enables community and challenges the very notion of "community" as a stable site. The process of making and unmaking community is vividly illuminated in the work of the Cornerstone Theater Company, a Los Angeles-based ensemble founded in 1986. From 1986 to 1991, Cornerstone toured nationwide,…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 4/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 282
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

SONJA ARSHAMnbsp;KUFTINEC is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Minnesota, USA. She also works as a director and dramaturg developing collaborative theatre projects with youth in the Balkans and Middle East and as a facilitator with Seeds of Peace. Previous publications include Staging America: Cornerstone and Community-Based Theatre (2003).



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction: Surveying the Terrain



Identity Traces: Historiographic Perspectives on Cornerstone and Community-Based Theater



Perfor ( M) Ations: Cornerstone and Transactions of Community



Rural Routes



Urban Revisions



Regional Returns: a Tale of Two Collaborations



Conclusion: Curtain Calls


Appendix: Cornerstone Production History, 1986-2001


Notes


Works Cited


Index