{"product_id":"performing-communities-grassroots-ensemble-theaters-deeply-rooted-in-eight-u-s-communities","title":"Performing Communities: Grassroots Ensemble Theaters Deeply Rooted in Eight U.S. Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnsemble theater is one of the vibrant, meaningful American performance forms today. It's more than art- it's a social movement. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnsemble theater is one of the hottest, most engaging American performance forms today. It's more than art- it's a movement. Performing Communities is an inquiry into a genre of theater that arises from and empowers the grassroots. The book profiles established ensemble groups from inner-city Los Angeles, small-town northern California, African-American South, multicultural southern Texas, low-income central Appalachia, economically struggling South Bronx New York, and cross-continental Native America. This compendium of critical writing about the role these theaters play in building community shows how these artist groups are forged by working in and with their communities over time. Ensemble theater is discovered to be neither alternative nor marginalized, but vanguard, a natural evolution of the movement that propelled regional theater \"away from the commercial restraints of New York and toward a theater expressive of the rich diversity of American culture.\" It is theater that is politically and emotionally charged. It can be cathartic, healing, and has a proven ability to effect social change. The book \u003ci\u003ePerforming Communities\u003c\/i\u003e is a project of the Community Arts Network. It has been created from interviews, analytical essays, and play excerpts from the \"Grassroots Theater Ensemble Research Project,\" an inquiry into American ensemble theaters that have been working in communities for 10 to 35 years. Although originating from a scholarly report, the language has been edited for a popular audience and offers an intimate glimpse into each local ensemble community. The book will appeal to followers of contemporary and popular theater, social change activists, community building specialists, and a public curious about cultural development in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3746093\"\u003eRobert H. Leonard\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3746094\"\u003eAnn Kilkelly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Village Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976605447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976605449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER011000\"\u003eTheater | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU020000\"\u003eMulticultural Education\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Theatre Arts at Virginia Tech and former artistic director of the Road Company, an acclaimed ensemble theater that produced two dozen original plays reflecting the issues of Central Appalachia. Professor of Theater Arts and Women's Studies at Virginia Tech and a nationally recognized scholar and performer who created the Diversity Training Laboratory that uses performance techniques to examine diversity issues. Linda Frye Burnham and her husband Steve Durland edited High Performance magazine for 20 years, with a focus on art for social justice. In 1995 they founded Art in the Public Interest (API), a nonprofit organization to support art that is culturally engaged and serving communities. In 1999, in collaboration with Virginia Tech, they created the Community Arts Network (CAN).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Village Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44347233272045,"sku":"9780976605447","price":31.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a63084da-7a55-4dbe-bd5a-b0bb17bbca07.jpg?v=1698512454","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/performing-communities-grassroots-ensemble-theaters-deeply-rooted-in-eight-u-s-communities","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}