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• Blacklips

  Her Life, and Her Many, Many Deaths

  Anohni

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  From June 1992 to March 1995, in the midst of the AIDS crisis in NYC, an extraordinary theatrical collective emerged from the queer underground. Blacklips Performance Cult, initiated by ANOHNI and joined by a cabal of fellow artists, drag…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Performance

  a Critical Introduction

  Carlson, Marvin, 1935-

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  Since its original publication [this book] has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. In this comprehensively revised and updated third edition, Carlson tackles the pressing themes and theories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death of a Salesman

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  Attention must be paid to this abbreviated but superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize - winning modern tragedy - starring the incomparable Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock, re-creating their original…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Theatre Kids

  a True Tale of off-off-Broadway

  DeVore, John (Editor)

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  James Beard Award winner DeVore debuts with a wry and boisterous account of his life in the theater. Painting a buzzy portrait of the late 1990s and aughts New York City theater scene, DeVore blends barbed wit, painful honesty (including…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Discovering The Arts

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  Discovering is a documentary series that explores the 20th century’s most interesting characters, musicians, playwrights, artists, actors, and times. With never before seen footage and exclusive interviews we discover what makes them these…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Footnotes

  the Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way

  Gaines, Caseen, 1986-

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  Footnotes is the story of New York in the roaring twenties and the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success--and its impact on our popular culture. Amidst a culture actively whitewashing, controlling,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Respect for Acting

  Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004

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  This is the classic book on acting, now republished with a new foreword by actor David Hyde Pierce. Legendary actress and teacher Uta Hagen knew that an actor's finest work was often achieved for love rather than for money. This work is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kilroys List

  97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights. Volume One

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  Not your typical book of monologues, this new collection embodies the mission of the Kilroys, an advocacy group founded in 2013 to raise awareness for the underutilized work of female and trans playwrights.

• The Kilroys List. Volume Two

  67 Monologues and Scenes by Women and Nonbinary Playwrights

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  The Kilroys are back with a new collection of 67 monologues and scenes by women and nonbinary playwrights.

• Death of a Salesman

  Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005

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  This 50th-anniversary edition of Miller's masterpiece, which certainly is a contender for the finest American drama of the 20th century, includes the full text of the play and a chronology of its productions,

• From Aphra Behn to Fun Home

  a Cultural History of Feminist Theater

  Purcell, Carey

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  An engaging survey of female artists on stage and behind the scenes, From Aphra Behn to Fun Home will be of interest to theatregoers and anyone interested in the invaluable contributions of women in the performing arts.

• Fair Play

  a Game-changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

  Rodsky, Eve

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  Tired of being the 'she-fault' parent responsible for all aspects of her busy household, Eve Rodsky realized that simply identifying the issue of unequal labor on the home front wasn't enough: She needed a solution to this universal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

  Rooney, Kathleen, 1980-

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  Lillian Boxfish took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Playbook

  a Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

  Shapiro, James, 1955-

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  A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Actor Prepares

  Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938

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  This work is the first volume of Stanislavski's trilogy on the art of acting; it explains the art of acting in semi-fiction form. Fusing psychological realism and expressionism, his exploratory exercises teach actors to evoke past emotions…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs. Loman is Leaving – ACT Contemporary Theatre

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  Beloved Seattle playwright Katie Forgette returns to ACT with this world premiere first featured at ACT’s inaugural New Works Northwest Festival.