Courses:

What is culture? And how do we identify culture and performance in American theater? A sharing of family traditions and the creation of "stereotypical" history of immigration to the United States. This unit will provide students with a general overview of basic concepts such as theater, movement, culture, diversity, and composition.

Schechner, Richard. "What is Performance?" In Performance Studies: An Introduction. 1st ed. New York, NY: Routledge, 2002, pp. 1-21. ISBN: 9780415146210.

What sorts of Chicano and Latino/a American theatrical traditions have emerged in the past century? A focus on the plays of Miguel Piñero.

Agarin, Miguel, and Miguel Piñero, eds. "The Book of Genesis According to Saint Miguelito," "La Metadona Está Cabrona," "There is Nothing New in New York," "No Hay Nada Nuevo en Nueva York," "Runnin' Scared," "A Poem for Joey's Mami's Struggle," and "Seeking the Cause." In Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings. New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, 1975, pp. 62-75. ISBN: 9780688079666.

Piñero, Miguel. Short Eyes. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 1975. ISBN: 9780374521479.

Visiting Artist Ana Castillo will come work with us on her play.

MLK Visiting Professor Ana Castillo is a novelist, poet, essayist and painter who has used every means necessary—the clack of typewriters, the flap of mimeograph machines, the thwip of copiers, the tick of e-mail and her personal blog—to tell the tales that had to be told.