CFP: Social Activism, Critical Theory, New Plays (10/1; ATHE, 8/2-8/5)

From: Kyle Bostian (kab1483@garnet.acns.fsu.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 02 1999 - 17:48:19 EDT


Social Activism, Critical Theory, New Plays

Submissions sought for a panel to be proposed for the 2000 Association
for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference, Washington, DC,
August 2nd-5th.

Papers might address questions such as the following:

How might script development and performance become more productive
sites for advancing theoretical arguments and/or socio-political causes?
How can theatricality serve as a vehicle for conveying abstract ideas?
What strategies can contemporary playwrights, directors and dramaturgs
employ to incite audiences to effect social change?

Submit 250-word abstracts (or completed papers) for 20-minute
presentations by October 1st, 1999, to Kyle Bostian, Florida State
University, at:

1327 High Rd, Apt. X4
Tallahassee, FL 32304-1804
or
kab1483@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Please indicate whether or not you are a member of ATHE (panelists will
need to be members by the time of the conference).

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