...Arthur Sainer Copyright © by yale/theatre 1973 1973 The Playwright and the Ensemble Arthur Sa iner I can't speak about how a playwright functions within an ensemble, only how this playwright functions, or at least has in the past. Open Theatre, circa...

...Allen J. Kuharski Allen Kuharski provides a critical summary and expanded framing of the first neh Institute on transmitting and archiving devised physical ensemble theater in American higher education. Kuharski delineates the goals, structure, and planning of the twelve-day gathering of fifty...

...Lex Brown; Leslie Elkins; Andrew Friedman; Jasmine Mahmoud; Erica Murphy; Sacha Vega; Sara Freeman A workshop at the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute Preserving and Transmitting American Ensemble-­Based Devised Theater, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Philadelphia, 2023. Photo: Jeffrey...

...Quinn Bauriedel The June 2023 neh Institute—“Preserving and Transmitting American Ensemble-Based Theatre”—aimed to understand the work of the many ensembles who have made work within the United States. Each ensemble has a unique story but the Romanian phrase that an ensemble has “the life of a dog...

..., The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie and Earthworms, were given at the O'Neill Theater Center. His work has also been performed at the Direct Theatre, the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, and the Theatre-in-the-Round in Minneapolis. Christopher Durang holds a B.A. in English from Harvard...

...Jasmine Mahmoud Two early twenty-first century ensembles of color in Seattle—and their methods—anchor this article. The first: sis Productions, which started in 2000 as “Sex in Seattle,” an episodic and humorous theatrical series about the romantic relationships of Asian American women. Conceived...

... of the original twelve members when the Mime Troup reconstituted itself as a collective in 1970. Since then, she has been the group's principle writer. The Mime Troupe's major announcement in 1984 concerned an 'Ongoing Ensemble Award' of $75,000 from the NEA for use during its 1986 season, with a possibility...

...Árpád Schilling In this manifesto, Hungarian independent director Árpád Schilling, artistic director of the renowned ensemble Krétakör, articulates his ideas on directing, acting, and Hungary's theatrical tradition and producing structures. He gives examples of theatrical exercises used...

...—site-specific one-on-one performances in Hamlin Park and an ensemble performance turned social dance at Links Hall—stage “two dreams of contemporary dance”: “One is the urge to dissolve the boundary between performer and audience; the other is to intensify that distinction.” Kramer probes...

...Ryan Adelsheim; Rye Gentleman; Michelle Hayford Devised theater genealogies too often take shape around a set of primarily white, Western “ensemble-based” theater companies and training schools working in modes that emerged in Europe and the United States in the 1960s and 1970s in response...

.... Attending to Grass Stage’s eclectic inspirations and international collaborations, Huang compares the collective to world renowned ensembles such as Théâtre du Soleil and parses out the unequal transactions between Asian performance traditions and devised theater techniques. She warns against a neo...

...Tom Sellar Theatre Mitu s Utopian Hotline, mitu580, Brooklyn, 2021. Courtesy of Theatre Mitu Up Front Creative Company Tom Sellar The sad news of Robert Brustein s death, at age ninety-­six, came in October 2023 as we prepared this issue on ensemble-l­ed theater. It would be hard to overstate...

... favorably impressed him. He Berliner Ensemble. Though the work per- joked that the concept of dramaturg was in- formed by German dramaturgs varies, most of vented by Joseph Goebbels when the Nazi Minis- them are critics-in-residence who advise theatre ter of Propaganda appointed...

... of 2022. Prologue We hear the sound of a gourd rattle and single drumbeat. There are eagle noises and a variety of random animal noises. We hear monkeys, elephants, panthers, dogs barking. It s a madhouse jungle. Then silence. An ensemble member walks onstage with a flute. He gathers himself...

... ur ne, Sara Fr eeman, Brittney S. Harris, Erica Murphy, James Stanley, Rebecca Struch, and Abigail Van Patter How might current research and artistic experiments point to possible futures for devised and ensemble-­created theater? For this forum, Theater asked for short reflections from practitioners...

...Ryan Adelsheim adelsheim Devising a Collective Future Ryan Adelsheim In the opening moments of the 2023 neh Institute titled Preserving and Transmitting American Ensemble-­Based Devised Theater, Quinn Bauriedel, co artistic director of Pig Iron Theatre, offered a guiding principle shaping...

... by Vaclav Havel, translated by Vera Blackwell. Directed by Joseph Papp. New York Public Theatre. . Kongi's Harvest by Wole Soyinka. Directed by Michael A. Schultz. Negro Ensemble Company, St. Marks Playhouse. Daddy Goodness by Richard Wright and Louis Sapin. Directed by Douglas Turner Ward...

... their circulated in America despite a continuing listeners. Instead of receiving favorable trade boycott imposed by the United testimony, the salesmen and saleswomen of States. Cuba’s performing arts ensembles beatitude...

... in tional Children’s and Youth Theater which children could make more social use Festival, bringing together some of the best of their imagination. From 1969-1971, ensembles from Europe and Canada. Grips...

... Meat-Chopper and fact Manheim and Willett note in their introduction to the Saint Joan of the Stockyards) was not completed until 1931. Berliner Ensemble adaptations of Lenz, Farquhar, Shakespeare Brecht, who had served as a dramaturg and playwright in and Moliere. By the time Brecht...