ABSTRACT
Decentered Playwriting investigates new and alternative strategies for dramatic writing that incorporate non-Western, Indigenous, and underrepresented storytelling techniques and traditions while deepening a creative practice that decenters hegemonic methods.
A collection of short essays and exercises by leading teaching artists, playwrights, and academics in the fields of playwriting and dramaturgy, this book focuses on reimagining pedagogical techniques by introducing playwrights to new storytelling methods, traditions, and ways of studying, and teaching diverse narratological practices.
This is a vital and invaluable book for anyone teaching or studying playwriting, dramatic structure, storytelling at advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, or as part of their own professional practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|80 pages
Decenter(ed) Playwriting
chapter 1|14 pages
Playwrights as Architects of Third Space
chapter 5|9 pages
Context/Culture
part 2|61 pages
Decenter(ing) Playwriting
chapter 11|13 pages
First People First
part 3|53 pages
Case Studies in Decentered Processes