Submission Date
4-25-2024
Document Type
Paper
Department
Theater
Second Department
History
Adviser
Meghan Brodie
Second Adviser
Edward Onaci
Committee Member
Chisu Teresa Ko
Department Chair
Meghan Brodie
Department Chair
Edward Onaci
Project Description
This project seeks to identify and analyze how feminist theatre is informed by theory and activism in its resistance against white, heteronormative, and patriarchal hegemony offstage through onstage representation. By identifying three consistent themes of gender & sexuality, race, and trauma and the methods used to effectively convey them to an audience, feminist theatre displays how advocacy takes unique forms to uproot the status quo. Furthermore, this research highlights how theatre is a viable and rich outlet for feminist intellectual history, displaying its versatility as a frame of analysis.
Recommended Citation
Cross, Olivia, "Writing, Performance, Resistance: Examining Feminist Ideology and Theory in Theatre Since the Second Wave" (2024). Theater Honors Papers. 3.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/theater_hon/3
A dramaturgical packet of materials created for the Ursinus Theater Department's world premiere of "Captain Darling" by Kate Isabel Foley in the spring of 2024.
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Asian American Studies Commons, Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, History of Gender Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other American Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Social History Commons, Theatre History Commons, Women's History Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Comments
Included as a supplemental file is a dramaturgical packet for the stage production of Kate Isabel Foley's Captain Darling, performed at Ursinus College April 4 through April 7, 2024.