Plays in Time collects four plays by Karen Malpede set during influential events from the late twentieth century to the present: the Bosnian war and rape camps; the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Israel’s 2006 bombardment of Lebanon; 9/11 and the US torture programme; and the heroism of climate scientists facing attack from well-funded climate change deniers. In each play in this anthology, nature, poetry, ritual and empathy are presented in contrast to the abuse of persons and world. Despite their serious topics, the plays are full of humour and distinctively entertaining personalities.
Each play was developed by Theater Three Collaborative for production in New York and internationally in Italy, Australia, London, Berlin and Paris.
Tabella dei contenuti
Foreword
Marvin Carlson
The Drama of the Thinking Heart
Karen Malpede
Part I
‘The Beekeeper’s Daughter’
On ‘The Beekeeper’s Daughter’
Christen Clifford
Part II
‘Prophecy’
On ‘Prophecy’
Najla Said
Part III
‘Another Life’
What She Makes Us See
Rebecca Gordon
Part IV
‘Extreme Whether’
Imagining the Present Future: Thoughts on ‘Extreme Whether’
Alexander M. Schlutz
Afterword: A Feminist Theatre
Cindy Rosenthal
Part V: Production Photographs
Beatriz Tiche Schille and Ari Mintz
Circa l’autore
Karen Malpede is co-founder, resident playwright and director of Theater Three Collaborative and the author of eighteen plays; she is editor of Women in Theater: Compassion and Hope and author of A Monster Has Stolen the Sun and Other Plays. She is on the theater and environmental justice faculties at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
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