The breath of theatre : conversations & reflections, 2003-2013 / by Caridad Svich.

435 pages ; 23 cm.

Interviews and reviews in this volume have previously appeared in the journals Contemporary Theatre Review, HotReview.org, Theatre Bay Area and Seattle Rep's Prologue from 2003-2011.

The breath of theatre -- Conversations. Moisés Kaufman : reconstructing history through theatre -- Bill Viola : a process of perception -- José Rivera : an urgent voice for our times --Andrei Serban : a matter of attention -- Charles Mee, Jr. : unfinished stories -- Phelim McDermott : inviting the audience -- Laura Wade : an urban fabulist -- Ariel Dorfman : subverting narrative --Marguerite Feitlowitz : a life in translation -- Travis Preston : on the making of Macbeth -- Kirsten Greenidge : the rise and rise of... --Tim Crouch : theatrical transformations --Thaddeus Phillipps : on the move --Heather Woodbury : tracking America --Philip Kan Gotanda : reconstructing history --Violeta Luna : re-membered body --Jason Grote : in a garden state --Frances Yu-Cowhig : recovering trauma --Critical reflections & reviews. Art's fire : Anna in the tropics --Reckoning with history : topdog/underdog --Who am I? : my arm --Dead girl's dance : frozen --What the mirror sees : 4:48 psychosis --Multiple selves : a number --Bloody London --Anatomy of abandonment : Thom Pain (based on nothing) --Brilliant gestures : Sweeney Todd --An unsentimental education : The history boys --Hunger's claim : The cook --The politics of engagement : British drama stateside --On a burning altar : blasted --The looking glass : England --Afterword : a good fast.

9781300889632

812.6 S969br 2013