Ghost Light
Southern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8093-3888-7 (ISBN)
A new edition of the celebrated introduction to dramaturgy training and practice
Since its release in 2010, Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy has become the international standard for dramaturgy training and practice. The first textbook introduced students to the “ghost light” model of dramaturgy—a creatively engaged, artistically vibrant approach that draws on extensive knowledge of theatre history, practice, and theory—and this second edition brings the conversation up to the present.
Over three parts, author and theory creator Michael Mark Chemers helps students explore the world of the dramaturg. Part 1 describes what dramaturgs do, presents a detailed history of dramaturgy, and summarizes many of the critical theories needed to analyze and understand dramatic texts. Part 2 teaches students to read, write, and analyze scripts through a twelve-step program with suggestions about how to approach various genres and play structures. The final part delves into the relationships dramaturgs forge and offers useful advice about collaborating with other artists. It also includes ideas for audience outreach initiatives such as marketing and publicity plans, educational programs, program notes and lobby displays, and more.
Perfectly suited for the undergraduate theatre classroom, this holistic guide includes chapter exercises for students to practice the skills as they learn. The new edition also incorporates recent theory and new resources on multimedia performance and dramaturgy in the digital age. As the field of dramaturgy continues to shift and change, this new edition of Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy prepares theatre students and practitioners to create powerful, relevant performances of all types.
Michael Mark Chemers founded the Production Dramaturgy Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. He is a professor of dramatic literature and theatre arts and the chair of the Department of Performance, Play & Design at the University of California Santa Cruz. His works include The Monster in Theatre History: This Thing of Darkness and Staging Stigma: A Critical Examination of the American Freak Show, winner of the ATHE Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention) of 2009.
Foreword by Faedra Chatard Carpenter
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Part One: Philosophy
1. What the #$%@ Is a Dramaturg?
2. Historicizing Dramaturgy
3. Power Plays
Part Two: Analysis
4. The Twelve-Step Program for Script Analysts
5. Form Follows Function
6. Why This Play Now?
Part Three: Practice
7. New Plays
8. The Company
9. Audiences
Appendixes
A: The Casebook
B: The Dramaturg’s Library
C: Journals, Periodicals, and Online Databases
D: Accessing Original Texts Online
E: Recommended Play Anthologies
Notes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.02.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Theater in the Americas |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Carbondale |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 399 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8093-3888-2 / 0809338882 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8093-3888-7 / 9780809338887 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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