The Methuen drama book of trans plays : Sagittarius ponderosa ; The betterment society ; how to clean your room ; She he me ; The devils between us ; Doctor Voynich and her children ; Firebird tattoo ; Crooked parts / edited and with an introduction by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan, and Angela Farr Schiller.
Introduction : in a trans time and space / Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan, and Angela Farr Schiller -- Waiting, watching, and witnessing as queer praxis in Sagittarius Ponderosa / Jesse O'Rear -- Sagittarius Ponderosa / MJ Kaufman -- Generations of language : Mashuq Mushtaq Deen in conversation with Stephanie Hsu / Mashuq Mushtaq Deen and Stephanie Hsu -- The Betterment Society / Mashuq Mushtaq Deen -- how to tell time (when you are trans and processing trauma) / Finn Lefevre -- how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma) / j. chavez -- Witnessing the revolutionary mundane : Raphaël Amahl Khouri's queer documentary theatre / Melory Mirashrafi -- She He Me / Raphaël Amahl Khouri -- "Challenging every memory" : manifesting futurity in The Devils Between Us / Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel and Ali-Reza Mirsajadi -- The Devils Between Us / Sharifa Yasmin -- Cruising dystopia / Jaclyn I. Pryor -- Doctor Voynich and Her Children / Leanna Keyes -- Transcending gender to "soar above the earth" in Ty Defoe's Firebird Tattoo / Courtney Mohler -- Firebird Tattoo / Ty Defoe -- All in and out of the family : a critical introduction to Azure Osborne-Lee's Crooked Parts / Marquis Bey -- Crooked Parts / Azure D. Osborne-Lee.
Summary:
"The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays for the Stage is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. This edited collection establishes a canon of contemporary American trans theatre which represents a variety of performance modes and genres. From groundbreaking new work from across America's stages to unpublished work by new voices, these plays address themes such as gender identity and expression to racial and religious attitudes toward love and sex. Edited by Lindsey Mantoan, Angela Farr Schiller and Leanna Keyes, the plays selected explicitly call for trans characters as central protagonists in order to promote opportunities for trans performers, making this an original and necessary publication for both practical use and academic study."-- Back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.