Breaking from Realism: A Map/Quest for the Next Generation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575258684 ISBN 13: 9781575258683

Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Breaking from Realism introduces 15 concepts, methods, and tools from creative workshops, all of which guide playwrights away from conventions of realism and toward more theatrical and imaginative forms of theatre. The goal is for playwrights to write theatrical text that better reflects life as it is ' in the 21st century. This book also includes interviews with prominent playwrights, non-realistic plays, profiles on emerging playwrights, and a select list of American theatres producing non-realistic work.

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About the Author

Michael Bigelow Dixon has worked as a director and dramaturg on the development and production of hundreds of new plays as Literary Manager at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Literary Director at the Guthrie Theater, and Resident Director at The Playwrights' Center. He's co-edited 35 volumes of plays and criticism, and Breaking from Realism is his second book of playwriting workshops following The Playwrights' Workout (also published by Smith and Kraus). He has taught playwriting at the Kennedy Center, the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Inkwell Theatre, Goucher College and Transylvania University. He is a regular contributor to Teaching Theatre and Dramatics, and has published articles in The Dramatist, Dramaturgy in American and Theatre Forum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575258684
• ISBN 13: 9781575258683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Dixon Michael Bigelow