PLAY

By Jenn Stephenson & Mariah Horner
Illustrated by Jeff McGilton
Subjects: Essays, Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism

From escape rooms to TikTok to Tim Horton’s “Roll Up the Rim to Win” to DIY everything, participatory performance is ingrained in the very fabric of our contemporary society. Written in a series ...

Retreating to Re-Treat

By The Collective Encounter
With Jill Carter
Subjects: Devised Theatre & Collective Creation, Political Theatre, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, Theatre Direction & Production, History, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Nonfiction / Essays

In 2019, a group of scholar-artists led by Jill Carter stood with their audience in a liminal space at the 'edge of the woods'—a space between now and then, a space between now and later. Together, ...

This is Beyond

Edited by Evan Tsitsias & Bilal Baig
Subjects: Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre for Young Audiences, Dating & Sex, Coming of Age, Political Theatre, Essays, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre

In this rapid moment of expansion in queer theatre, when everything is exposed, interrogated, and investigated, This is Beyond is a time capsule of where we are now and a map for where we might go next. ...

A Man of Letters

Edited by Jessica Riley
Subjects: Non, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, Biography, Playwriting, Ontario Playwrights

The late Urjo Kareda was renowned for his commitment to respond personally to the hundreds of mostly unsolicited scripts received by Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, where he served as artistic director ...

Feminist Theatre and Performance

Edited by Susan Bennett
Subjects: Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, Women Writers, Non-Fiction / Essays
Series: Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English

Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English sets out to make the best critical and scholarly work in the field readily available. The series publishes the work of scholars and critics who have ...