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Theatre and Performance

This guide provides resources and information to assist with research related to theatre and performance.

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This guide is designed to help you get started with research related to theatre and performance studies. Use the pages on this guide to learn about:

Searching for books and articles in the catalog
Finding peer-reviewed and news articles in databases and journals
Recommended reading in theatre and performance from faculty in the MFA Theatre program.
Finding scripts, performance reviews and archival materials related to theatre and performance.
How to cite your sources

Selected Readings: Devising, Ensemble, Generating Work

Making a performance : devising histories and contemporary practices

by Emma Govan, Helen Nicholson, Katie Normington

Devising performance : a critical history

by Deirdre Heddon, Jane Milling

Selected Readings: BIPOC Performance

Performing worlds into being : Native American women's theater

by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Kelli Lyon Johnson, William A Wortman

Stages of conflict : a critical anthology of Latin American theater and performance

by Margaret Carson, Diana Taylor, Sarah J Townsend

Selected Readings: Disability/Care Performance