{"product_id":"queering-the-stage-inclusive-approaches-to-performing-gender-and-sexuality-9781032351193","title":"Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality \u003c\/em\u003eaddresses a history of stereotyping and provides inclusive approaches to navigating gender and sexuality in a way that does not reduce the broad spectrum of LGBTQ+ communities into a single monolith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eButch it up! Be more manly! Add a little swish! Queen out! \u003c\/i\u003eThese instructions make performers feel minimized, erased, and forced to fit in a binary that encourages underdeveloped portrayals of queer identities. This book will guide the reader in performance techniques for confidently embodying the masculine\/ feminine, gay\/ straight binaries - as concepts of chosen choreography rather than reductive prescriptions - while also providing non- binary exercises to explore and expand the use of the body, voice, heart, and mind to bring life to characters of sexual orientations and gender identities that do and do not align with the actors' lived experiences. The reader will be presented with multiple tools for analyzing, developing, and embodying a diverse array of characters, empowering them to make their own choices when it comes to performance. While there is no \"right\" way to teach performance, this book will present tools rooted in trauma- informed practices that aim to prevent and undo harm in a group setting with a facilitator, or individually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written for instructors of theatre performance and acting wishing to expand their curriculum to include queer concepts in their classroom, and actors working in the industry who want to improve their ability performing characters of diverse genders and sexualities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion website, available at www.adicabral.com\/queering-the-stage, provides additional materials to support exercises given throughout the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdi Cabral\u003c\/strong\u003e (they\/ them) is the Associate Professor of Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Movement in the Department of Theatre and Dance at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe University of Nevada, Reno, and works professionally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a Dialect Coach, Intimacy Professional, and Audiobook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrator. Their professional credits include productions at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Alliance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheatre, Houston Stages, Theatre Squared, Utah Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFestival, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Repertory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheatre of St. Louis, New Repertory Theatre, Mildred's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUmbrella Theatre Company, Stage Q, New Hazlett Theater, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHangar Theatre Company, Central Square Theatre, Edinburgh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFringe Festival, and Darlinghurst Theatre. Their research and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublications focus on cultural competency in performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraining with a focus on Spanish accents and queer inclusivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThompson Speechwork, a Reiki Master, and a proud member\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and SAGAFTRA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information, visit www.AdiCabral.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Focal Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50870495609106,"sku":"9781032351193","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa8cfdf6-70ac-46f6-8c35-c613c7cedd2e.jpg?v=1737806333","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/queering-the-stage-inclusive-approaches-to-performing-gender-and-sexuality-9781032351193","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}