Ethnodrama An Anthology of Reality Theatre

by Saldaña, Johnny; Casas, José; Chapman, Jennifer; Eason, Laura; Foster, Elissa; Finley, Macklin; Finley, Susan; Keck, Michael; Meyer, Matthew J.; Mienczakowski, Jim; Morgan, Steve; Prendergast, Monica; Rohd, Michael; Saldaña, Johnny; Swedberg, Anne; Sykes,

• ISBN13: 9780759108134
• ISBN10: 0759108137
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-28
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Seven ethnodramas illustrate this emerging genre of arts-based research, a burgeoning but evident trend in the field of theatre production itself. With their focus on the personal, immediate and contextual, these plays about marginalized identities, abortion, street life and oppression manage a unique balance between theoretical research and everyday realism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Series Editors' Foreword	ix
Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln
Prologue the theatre	xiii
Monica Prendergast
An Introduction to Ethnodrama	1	(36)
Johnny Saldaña
PART I Ethnodramatic Monologue	37	(42)
Scenes from Voices in the Rain	39	(6)
Michael Keck
Scenes from 14	45	(17)
José Casas
Chalkboard Concerto: Growing Up as a Teacher in the Chicago Public Schools	62	(17)
Charles Vanover and Johnny Saldaña
PART II Ethnodramatic Dialogue with Monologue	79	(42)
Storm Tracking: Scenes of Marital Disintegration	81	(17)
Elissa Foster
The Practice	98	(5)
Matthew" Meyer
Wearing the Secret Out	103	(18)
Jennifer Chapman, Anne Swedberg, and Heather Sykes
PART III Ethnodramatic Extensions	121	(90)
Baddies, Grubs & the Nitty-Gritty	123	(16)
Jim Mienczakowski and Steve Morgan
Street Rat	139	(41)
adapted by Johnny Saldaña, Susan Finley, and Macklin Finley
Hidden	180	(31)
conceived, written, and directed by Michael Rohd and Laura Eason in collaboration with Sojourn Theatre Artists
Appendix: Dramatic Models for Ethnodrama	211	(4)
Bibliography	215	(12)
About the Contributors	227