{"product_id":"seeking-common-ground-latinx-and-latin-american-theatre-and-performance-9781350230217","title":"Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eA curated collection of new Latinx and Latin American plays, monologues, interviews, and critical essays that asks the question: what is the common ground between Latinx and Latin American artists? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a mix of plays and scholarly essays, this work originally emerged from the Latino Theater Company's \u003ci\u003eEncuentro de las Am?ricas\u003c\/i\u003e festival, produced in partnership with the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 2017. The collection chronicles not only the theatrical productions of the festival, but also features a transnational exploration of U.S. Latinx and Latin American theatre-making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside plays by Evelina Fern?ndez, Alex Alpharaoh, J.Ed Araiza and Carlos Celdr?n this anthology also includes a mix of monologues, snapshots, profiles and interviews that together provide a dynamic account of these intersections within U.S. Latinx and Latin American Theater. A unique collection it serves not only as a testament to the diversity of Latinx artists, but also to the strength of the Latinx Theater movement and its ever-growing networks across the Hemispheric Americas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull playtexts include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDementia\u003c\/i\u003e by Evelina Fern?ndez\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWET: A DACAmented Journey\u003c\/i\u003e by Alex Alpharoah\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiss Julia\u003c\/i\u003e adapted by J.Ed Araiza\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e10 Million\u003c\/i\u003e by Carlos Celdr?n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrevor Boffone\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in the Women's, Gender \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. His work using Dubsmash and TikTok with his students has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC News, Inside Edition, and Access Hollywood, among numerous national and local media platforms. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRenegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eEncuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater; Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Latinidad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeresa Marrero\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Latinx and Latin American Theater in the Department of Spanish at the University of North Texas. She is a theatre critic for the North Texas online arts journal, www.theaterjones.com, and a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. Her scholarly publications include: \u003ci\u003eEncuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater\u003c\/i\u003e (Northwestern University Press, 2019), \"Latinx Sci-Fi Theater: Speculating Possible Futures.\" Theater (Yale School of Drama 2019), \"Where Earth Meets the Sky: Decolonizing Latinxfuturistic Theater.\" TheatreForum (San Diego, University of California, 2019). Her creative works include the publication of her Spanish-language play La Familia in Teatro Latino: Nuevas Obras de los Estados Unidos, (Colorado Springs, La Casita Grande (2019). Her English-language play \u003ci\u003eSecond-Conversations with Irene, Remembering Long Enough\u003c\/i\u003e was selected as part of The Undermain Theatre's 2020 (now postponed to 2021) Whither Goest Thou America? A Festival of New American Play Readings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChantal Rodriguez\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Dean of Yale School of Drama and an Assistant Professor Adjunct in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism. She is co-editor of What's\u003ci\u003e Next for Latinx?\u003c\/i\u003e Theater Magazine, Volume 49.1 (Duke University Press, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eEncuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater\u003c\/i\u003e (Northwestern University Press, 2019). She is the author of The Latino Theatre Initiative\/Center Theatre Group Papers (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2011) and a member of the Latinx Theatre Commons Advisory Committee, and the National Advisory Board for the 50 Playwrights Project.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482512593170,"sku":"9781350230217","price":103.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9b299b5-5e4d-44a3-9476-7cdc74be7e7d.jpg?v=1730346887","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seeking-common-ground-latinx-and-latin-american-theatre-and-performance-9781350230217","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}