Devised Theater’s Collaborative Performance: Making Masterpieces from Collective Concepts

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Telory D Arendell

Devised Theater’s Collaborative Performance

Making Masterpieces from Collective Concepts

Telory D Arendell

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Routledge
27 May 2024

The Arts: General & Reference; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Humanities; Sociology; School editions of fiction texts

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice.

As both a founding member of Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theater Company and a Professor, Telory Arendell begins this journey with a brief history of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and Living Newspapers through Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble and Joe Chaikin’s Open Theatre to the racially inflected commentary of Luis Valdez’s Teatro Campesino and Ariane Mnouchkine’s collaboration with Théâtre de Soleil. This book explores the impact of devised theatre on social practice and analyzes Goat Island’s use of Pina Bausch’s gestural movement, Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed in Giving Voice, Anna Deavere Smith’s devised envelope for Verbatim Theatre, The Tectonic Theatre Project’s moment work, Teya Sepinuck’s Theatre of Witness, Pig Iron’s use of Lecoq mime to build complex physical theatre scripts, and The Riot Group’s musical arrangement of collaborative devised text. Included are a foreword by Allen J. Kuharski and three devised plays by Theatre of Witness, Pig Iron, and The Riot Group.

Replete with interviews from the initial Pig Iron collaborators on subjects of writing, directing, choreographing, teaching, and developing a pedagogical platform that supports devised theatre.

By: Telory D Arendell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 650g
ISBN: 9780367644383
ISBN 10: 036764438X
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 303
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Foreword by Allen J. Kuharski Chapter 1: A Brief History of Devised Theatre Chapter 2: Goat Island’s Dance with Pina Bausch Chapter 3: Giving Voice to Augusto Boal’s Forum Theatre Chapter 4: Anna Deavere Smith’s Devising Envelope for Verbatim Theatre Chapter 5: The Tectonic Theatre Project’s Moment Work Chapter 6: Teya Sepinuck’s Theatre of Witness Chapter 7: Pig Iron Theatre Company and Jacques Lecoq’s Mime Chapter 8: The Riot Group Appendices Works Cited Index

Telory Arendell is an Associate Professor of Performance Studies at Missouri State University.