From the Federal Theatre Projects of the Great Depression, to the
disruptive performances of the 1960s and 1970s, theatre has played
an important role in American radicalism. This special issue of
Theater reports on socially conscious, politically active theatres
in the United States. Despite the evaporation of Cold War passions
and the rise of Conservatism in the 1980s and 1990s, such theatre
work remains a persistent and evolving presence on the political
landscape. With the inauguration of George W. Bush, new
opportunities have arisen for political performance and for
significant new challenges to these artists. Theater and Social
Change tracks not only the historical evolution of political
theatre but explores current state and future prospects of
different modes, including agit-prop, demonstrations, solo
performance, Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, and
community-based production. With such notable contributors as Anna
Deavere Smith, Jonathan Kalb, Holly Hughes, and Tony Kushner, the
issue offers a diverse assemblage of personal statements,
conversations, photographs, interviews, and performance text.
Contributors include: Reverend Billy, Jan Cohen-Cruz, Arlene
Goldbard, Sharon Green, Lani Guinier, Holly Hughes, Jonathan Kalb,
Tony Kushner, Judith Malina, Robbie McCauley, John O'Neal, Claudia
Orenstein, Bill Rauch, Julie Salverson, Anna Deavere Smith, Alisa
Solomon, Roberta Uno
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