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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 28, issue 1
Dmitry Troyanovsky, Dan Smith, Linda Saborío, Kate Bredeson, and Megan E. Geigner
Contents include: Editor's Note; War, Ukraine, and American Theatre: A Call to Action; El Mariachi Is Not Just for Men: A Pan-Latinx Approach to Community, Culture, and Macho Paradigms in José Cruz González’s American Mariachi; “To Infinite Possibilities”: An Interview with Muffie Delgado Connelly and Tahni Holt; Genealogy of Minstrelsy in BIPOC Broadway Hits: In Dahomey, A Raisin in the Sun, and Hamilton: An American Musical.
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 27, issue 1
Kristin Leahey, Elizabeth Coen, Lindsey R. Barr, Karen Jean Martinson, Nicola Olsen, Joan Lipkin, Walter Byongsok Chon, Sarah Johnson, and Rachel Hirshorn-Johnston
Contents include: Editors' Note; The Making of a Conference: Practices in Transnational Planning, Programming, and Translation; Tripped Up by the Small Things: Dramaturging Institutional Processes in DEI Work; The New Colossus Project: A Model for Rapid Response Theatre Around Immigration; Pregnant and Performing: Embodied Dramaturgical Methodologies.
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 26, issue 1
Kristin Leahey, Elizabeth Coen, Zachary A. Dorsey, Christina Hurtado-Pierson, Anaïs Gonzalez Nyberg, Janna Segal, Lisa Aikman, and Jennifer Roberts-Smith
Contents include: Editors' Note; When Fierceness and Kindness Collide: The Dramaturgy of a Drag Storytime; Trauma-Informed Approaches to Dramaturgy and Rehearsal: An Exploration of Daphne’s Dive in the Time of COVID-19; Reframing Shakespeare's Taming to Rally for Political Change; Relational Audience Engagement in Guarded Girls: A Critical Reflection.
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 25, issue 1
Kristin Leahey, Elizabeth Coen, Sonja Arsham Kuftinec, Lizbett Benge, Yvette Nolan, Geoffrey Jackson Scott, Shelley Orr, and Jennifer A. Kokai
Contents include: Editors' Note: Dramaturgical Snapshots of the Americas; Breaks in the Common Good: Dramaturging MayDay within the Heart of the Beast; I Fight With My Blood // Battle With My Tongue: A Dramaturgy of Survival in the Southwest; More Makes More: Indigenous Theatre in Canada; The Impact of Involvement: Peoplmovr's Creative Director; Three Confessions of a Dramaturg: Staging Marguerite Duran's India Song; Thebes in Utah: Translating in Ali Salim's Egyptian The Comedy of Oedipus
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 24, issue 1
Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Stephen Colella, Ilana M. Brownstein, Jeanmaire Higgins, and Adrian Silver
Contents include: Editor's Note, 2014 LMDA Conference Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy: Introduction, On the Impact of Mentorship, Advocacy, and Dramaturgical Innovation in Boston and Beyond: A Keynote Address, Iconicity and the Archive: Martha Graham's Imperial Gesture 1935/2013, Towards an Aesthetic Dramaturgy,
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 23, issue 2
Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Carmen Aguirre, Stephen Colella, Jimmy Noriega, Curtis Russell, Laurel Green, Gavin Witt, Wendy Arons, Natalya Baldyga, Michael Chemers, Alexandra Hamill, and Brian Quirt
Contents include: Editor's Note; LMDA Conference 2013 Re-defining Risk, A Keynote Address; Ellliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy Introduction; Ellliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy Staging Latina/o Classrooms and Culture: DNA and Dangerous Dramaturgy at the U.S.-Mexico Border; Early Career Dramaturgs Envision the Future of Dramaturgy: An Ensemble-Created Manifesto; What is the Future of Dramaturgy? A Manifesto; Juan Radigan and the Gringo, or Why Chilean Theatre Deserves our Attention; Behind the Scenes in Bollywood: An Interview with Brian Quirt; National Theatre: Center Stage's My America Project; Crowdsourcing a New Hamburg Dramaturgy, A Preview of The Hamburg Dramaturgy: A New & Complete English Translation.
Issue editors: Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Debra Cardona, Janine Sobeck
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 23, issue 1
Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Vicki Stroich, Martine Kei Greene-Rodgers, Curtis Russell, Will Daddario, Wade Hollingshaus, and Becky Becker
Contents include: Editor's Note; Dramaturgy and Risk in Pakistan; A conversation about The Process of Dramaturgy; Emancipating Dramaturgy: From Pedagogy to Psychagogy; Directing Like a Dramaturg: The Art of Being a Whale.
Issue editors: Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Debra Cardona, Janine Sobeck
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 22, issue 1, part 1
D.J. Hopkins, Sydney Cheek O'Donnell, D.D. Kugler, Geoff Proehl, Danielle Mages Amato, D.J. Hopkins, Brian Quirt, and Vanessa Porteous
Contents include: Editors' Notes; The 2011 Lessing Award D.D. Kugler, "You Might Be Pretty Good at This" An Introduction by Geoff Proehl; The 2011 Lessing Award D.D. Kugler, An Introduction by Vanessa Porteous; he 2011 Lessing Award D.D. Kugler,Welcoming Failure, Acknowledging Subjectivity, Acceptance Speech; 2011 Elliott Hayes Award Introduction; 2011 Elliott Hayes Award Acceptance Speech; Journey to China.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Sydney Cheek O'Donnell
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 22, issue 2
Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Douglas Langworthy, Pearl Cleage, Jane Barnette, Jules Odendahl-James, Hector Garza, Scott D. Taylor, and Adam Versenyi
Contents include: Editor's Note; Elliott Hayes Award Acceptance Speech From Denver to Gulu, With Thanks to Lynn Nottage; Learning to Speak American: A Writer's Journey, Keynote Remarks Delivered at the Annual Conference of the Literary Managers and Dramturgs of the Americas, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA June 28, 2012; Michael Mark Chemers' Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy; Creative Process in Theatrical Translation: An Interview with Adam Versenyi; Croisades in Quebec: On the Semiotics of Contemporary French Dramaturgie.
Issue editors: Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Debra Cardona, Janine Sobeck
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 21, issue 2
D.J. Hopkins, Martine Kei Greene, Dalia Basiouny, Annelis Kuhlmann, Amy Jensen, Shelley Orr, Sydney Cheek O'Donnell, and Heidi Nelson
Contents include: Celebrating 25 Years of Review; On African American Dramaturgy One Professional's Personal Response; "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," But Can It Theatricalized?; Tahrir Stories Excerpts From A Verbatim Theatre Project Composed and Performed During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution; Introduction to the review of Burning the House: On Directing and Dramaturgy, by Eugenio Barba; Eugenio Barba's On Directing and Dramaturgy: Burning the House; A Servant of Two or Three or Four or More...Masters, Business Advice for Dramaturgs Working in Virgin Territory; Bryan Doerries's Theater of War, A New Incarnation of an Ancient Ritual.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Sydney Cheek O'Donnell, Lauren Beck
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 21, issue 1
Liz Engelman, Mark Bly, Sydne Mahone, Debra Cardona, Fedra Chatard Carpenter, and Otis Ramsey-Zoe
Contents include: An Over-Abundance of Note-Worthy Content, The 25th Anniversary Issue of Review; The Lessing Award 2010, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mark Bly, An Introduction; I Began My Dramaturgy for the 21st Century, Lessing Award Acceptance Speech; Shifting Boundaries, Perspectives from African-American Dramaturgs, An Introduction;The Innovation of Inclusion, Classics in a New Light, Dramaturgy at the Classical Theatre of Harlem; Dramaturgy in the Mythos of a "Post-racial Era"; Back to Black, A Response to Contemplations on the Dramaturgical Landscape for African American Theatre (in a Time of Obama).
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Sydney Cheek O'Donnell, Lauren Beck, Sydne Mahone (Guest Editor)
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 20, 2009/2010
Jonathan Lee Chambers, Geoff Proehl, Cathy Turner, Synne K. Behrndt, Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Gina Pisasale, Janine Sobeck, Robyn Quick, Alison McCartney, Laura Brueckner, and Heather Ramey
Contents include: Recognizing Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility, Geoff Proehl, recipient of the 2009 ATHE Outstanding Book Award; Geoff Proehl's Acceptance Speech, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Awards Ceremony August 10, 2009; Millennial Dramaturgy, A conversation about the new book Dramaturgy and Performance; Creating Sub/Text, Dramaturging the ReStaged Festival; Dramaturgy and Interdisciplinary Learning, A Case Study of Russian Theatre and Politics; Thinking about Theatre Photography; Theatre / Photography.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Sydney Cheek O'Donnell, Lauren Beck
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Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 19, issue 2
Art Borecca, Brian Quirt, D.J. Hopkins, Lauren Beck, Amy Jensen, Karen Jean Martinson, and Lisa Arnold
Contents include: For the Record; An Introduction; Recognition for City of Wine, Brian Quirt, recipient of the 2009 Elliott Hayes Award Introduced by LMDA President Shelley Orr; Brian Quirt's Elliott Hayes Acceptance Speech Washington, D.C. Watergate Restaurant July 18, 2009; Being Dramaturgical, A Conversation about Geoff Proehl's New Book Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility; Beyond Hamlet: Three Theatre Developments in Denmark; The Alexandrinsky and Renaissancing the Cultural Theatre Medium; The Acting and Dramaturgy of Odin Teatret; A Production Dramaturg and an Installation Dramaturg Discuss Their Approaches to Making Art.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Lauren Beck
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Review: The Newsletter and Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 19, issue 1
Shelley Orr, Haviva Avirom, Carrie Kaplan, Joanne Zipay, Lauren Beck, and Neena Arndt
Contents include: Save the Date! 2009 LMDA Annual Conference Washington, D.C. July 16-19, 2009; Out of Bounds, Conference planner Danielle Mages Amato and LMDA President Shelley Orr share ideas in development for the next conference; Developing Digiturgy, An early career dramaturg explores the uses of wikimedia while working on a production of A midsummer Night's Dream; I'd Rather Shove a Bodkin in My Nowl or Wear a Bona Roba's Merkin Than Be That Kind of Dramaturg, A Dramaturgical Manifesta; The Better Part of Valour, In Residence as "Master of Verse" at Richmond Shakespeare Festival; Theatre, Tears, and Rock, Dramaturging The Onion Cellar at the American Repertory Theatre
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Lauren Beck
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Review: The Newsletter and Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 18, issue 2
D.J. Hopkins, Rebekka Kricheldorf, Neil Blackadder, Beth Gallagher, Jacqueline Goldfinger, and Dennis Schebetta
Contents include: Reconsidering Borders; Rebekka Kricheldorf's The Ballad of the Pine Tree Killer: A generational battleground; Goethe-Institut Theater; What people in the community are saying about the Goethe-Institut; A Fundamental Resistance, An Interview with Neil Blackadder; The Greening of American Theatre, A Two-Part Special Feature; The Green Top Ten, Ten Ways Your Theatre Can Go Green; A Member of the Ensemble, The Devised Production of In the Belly of the Beast with Two Backs.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr
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Review: The Newsletter and Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 18, issue 1
D.J. Hopkins, Neena Arndt, Heather Helinsky, Ed Sobel, Shawn Micallef, Karen Martinsen, and Dan Rubin
Contents include: Celebrating a Coffee Klatch; The Toronto Dialogues, A Conversation on US Airways Flight 4081 from Toronto to Philadelphia, June 24th, 2007; The 2008 Elliott Hayes Award, Edward Sobel's Acceptance Speech at the LMDA Annual Conference Toronto, 23 June 2007; Neighborhood Stories Toronto, 2007; Parliament Street; Provocative Dramaturgy The Collaborative Creation of The Re:Actions Project; ECD Special Careers in Dramaturgy, The Writer's Advocate: An Interview with Abrams Artists Agency's Beth Blickers.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr
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Review: A Publication of LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 17, issue 2
D.J. Hopkins, Debra Cardona DePeahul, Kate Farrington, Adriana Bucz, Megan Monaghan, and Kathleen Mountjoy
Contents include: The City Project; Conference Preview; LMDA Conference 97: Dramaturg Driven!; Performance and the City Symposium and Architecture Tour; The Shakespearean Dramatug, The Book by Andrew James Hartely; Blizt Weekend; Encouraged! LMDA member Freddie Ashley is Recognized for Advancing the Arts in Georgia; The Role of the Dramaturg in the RSC's Spanish Season From Golden Age Page to Stratford Stage.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr
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Review: A Publication of LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 17, issue 1
Brian Quirt, Cristina Killingsworth, Adriana Bucz, Sarah Stanley, Cindy SoRelle, Illana Brownstein, Geoff Proehl, Liviu Ciulei, Michael Lupu, Melinda C. Finberg, Amy Steele, Mark Bly, Leonra Brown, Laura Braslins, Lauren Taylor, Louise Smith Edwards, Bryan C. Moore, Liz Engelman, Vanessa Porteous, Yael Prizant, Michael Bigelow Dixon, Madeleine Oldham, Felipe J. Gorostiza, Harley Erdman, and Pier Carlo Talenti
Contents include: Editor's Page: A Note from New LMDA President, Brian Quirt; Think Dramaturgically, Act Locally! A Conference Overview; I Was Mugged at My First LMDA Conference; First-Timer Fragments; Conference Photos; Introducing the Lessing (and Joe and Michael); A Message Faxed from Romania; Acceptance Speech, Michael Lupu; Producing The Belle's Stratagem; Dramaturging Justice: The Exonerated Project at the Alley Theatre; Past President Liz Engeleman: Some Appreciations; The Toronto Mini-Conference (reprinted from the LMDA Canada newsletter); Gateway to the Americas, The LMDA Delegation, A Report from Mexico; Imag[in]ing Poverty: Creative Critical Dramaturgy for Suzan-Lori Parks's In the Blood; Hester, La Negrita in Iowa City, Staging "Spells" and Homelessness in Suzan-Lori Parks's In the Blood; The Future of Theatre is...(a creative contest); Seventh Annual Call for LMDA Residency Proposals.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Madeleine Oldham, Carlenne Lacosta
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 16, issue 2
Shelley Orr, Liz Engelman, Matt Di Cintio, Michael Dixon, Andrew Knoll, Carrie Ryan, Carla Steen, Amy Wegener, Jonathan Wemette, Erica Nagel, D.J. Hopkins, Madeleine Oldham, Amy Jensen, David Dynak, and Maxine Kern
Contents include: Driving, LMDA Conference 2006: Think Dramaturgically, Act Locally, Words of Welcome from the Conference Committee, Developing a Sense of Community: Reflections on the Balance of a Community Engagement and Artistic Integrity while Creating a Dramaturg-Driven Documentary Play, In Print: The Seattle Public Library Introduction, The Seattle Public Library: A Conversation, Dramaturgy as Catalyst: A Rockies Dramaturg Driven Project, and American Playwrights and Playwriting.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Madeleine Oldham
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 16, issue 1
D.J. Hopkins, Kirk Watson, Lee Devin, Elizabeth Cobbe, Neil Blackadder, DD Kugler, Michele Volansky, Lue Morgan Douthit, Dan Dietz, Molly Rice, DJ Katastrophik, Zell Miller III, Vicki Stroich, Philip Owen, Heidi Taylor, Jason Tremblay, and Sam Baker
Contents include: Editors' Note; Kirk Watson's List for Making a Cool City; Remembering the Collaboration Project: Texts for an Untitled Bird Play; Mix Tape: A Collaboration; An Untitled Piece; Untitled Baseball Play; Elliott Hayes Remarks 2005; A Newbie at LMDA Conference '05, reconstructed journal entries with mostly unforced bildungsroman narrative structure; What's So Great About New Plays? A position paper on the focus on new plays in the field of dramaturgy with three responses; New Plays in Canada, What's So Great About New Plays--A Thought or Seven; Thoughts on New Plays from an Elliott Hayes Award Acceptance Speech.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Madeleine Oldham
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 15, issue 2
D.J. Hopkins, Liz Engelman, Shaun M. McCracken, Jacob Juntunen, Shelley T. Graham, Dan Friedman, Matt Di Cintio, Michael Dixon, Amy Jensen, Erica Nagel, Matthew Shook, Jen Shook, Brian Quirt, Adrien-Alice Hansel, Art Borreca, Shannon O'Donnell, Allison Horsley, Bronwyn Eisenberg, and Jaz Dorsey
Contents include: Shopping=Theatre: Re-Staging Retail in NYC, LMDA's Prez On Our Upcoming Extravaganza in the Lone Star State, Confessions of an Early Career Dramaturg, Dramablog, Dramaturging Education, Educating Dramturgs, Henier Muller on 42nd Street, LMDA's Dramaturg Driven Project Gets Under Way, LMDA Regional Updates
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Megan Monaghan, Madeleine Oldham
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 15, issue 1
D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Michele Volansky, Danielle Mages Amato, Nichole Gantshar, Alexis Greene, David Copelin, Brian Quirt, Shannon O'Donnell, Bronwyn Eisenberg, Enrique Urueta, and Allison Horsley
Contents include: Dramaturgical Debris, LMDA Conference 2004 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, The Production Notebooks Edited by Mark Bly: A Conversation between Danielle Mages Amato and D.J. Hopkins, Interviews with Past LMDA Presidents Alexis Greene and David Copelin, and LMDA Regional Updates
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Megan Monaghan, Madeleine Oldham
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 14, issue 2
D.J. Hopkins, Liz Engelman, Larry Loebell, and Danielle Mages Amato
Contents include: Dramaturgical Debris, A Word from the President Elect, LMDA Conference 2004 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,Sneak Peak of One of the Breakout Sessions, Performances on Offer in Philadelphia, Preview the Alternative Guide to Philly Fun, The Production Notebooks Edited by Mark Bly: A Conversation Between Danielle Mages Amato and D.J.J Hopkins, and Get to Know Your Regional Vice President.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Megan Monaghan, Madeleine Oldham
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 14, issue 1
Shelley Orr, D.J. Hopkins, Michele Volansky, Liz Engelman, Ed Sobel, Chuck Smith, Janet Allard, Sunil Kuruvilla, Michelle Nicole Lee, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Victor Rodger, Greg Gunter, Rachel Shteir, Ian Maxwell MacKinnon, Celise Kalke, Brian Bergstrom, and Janet Allard
Contents include: Far From Inundated, A Word form the President, "BHAGS" Words of Welcome, Remarks from Conference Co-Chair Ed Sobel, Keynote Speech Given by Chuck Smith Introduced by Michele Volansky, The Telephone Monologues: Five Monologues Written for the 2003 LMDA Conference introduced by Janet Allard, Telephone, Billy, The Visitors, A Drag Queen, Choice, Don't Know Much About Holly-turgy Outline, Reflections on Conference 2003, Elect Better Actors, Neo-Romantic Manifesto, Pullet Surprise-Call for Nominations, and Regional News-Know Your Regional Vice Presidents.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Liz Engelman, Madeleine Oldham, Jacob Zimmer
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Review: The Newsletter of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 13, issue 2
D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Liz Engelman, Celise Kalke, Rachel Shteir, Mallory Catlett, Scott Horstein, Monica A. Cuoco, and Benjamin D. Seibert
Contents include: On Borders, LMDA Conference 2003 Turgs in the Hood, Reading Between the Lines, Acting Locally: The Lysistrata Project, and Regional Updates News and Info from Each LMDA Region.
Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, Liz Engelman, Madeline Oldham, Jacob Zimmer.