The Politics of American Actor Training

Acknowledgments Introduction, Ellen Margolis and Lissa Tyler Renaud, Part I 1: Stanislavsky and Politics: Active Analysis and the American Legacy of Soviet Oppression, Sharon Marie Carnicke 2: Actor Training Meets Historical Thinking, Jonathan Chambers 3: The Politics of Western Pedagogy in the Theatre of India, Chandradasan 4: Degrees of Choice, Leigh Woods 5: Training Artists or Consumers? Commentary on American Actor Training, Lissa Tyler Renaud 6: Changing Demographics: Where is Diversity in Theatre Programs in Higher Education and National Associations?, Donna B. Aronson 7: The Wild, Wild East: Report on the Politics of American Actor Training Overseas, Lissa Tyler Renaud Part II 8: Beyond Race and Gender: Reframing Diversity in Actor Training Programs, David Eulus Wiles 9: "Typed" for What?, Mary Cutler 10: "They accused me of bein' a homosexual": Playing Kerry Cook in The Exonerated, Derek S. Mud 11: Identity Politics and the Training of Latino Actors, Micha Espinosa and Antonio Ocampo-Guzman 12: Keeping It Real Without Selling Out: Toward Confronting and Triumphing Over Racially Specific Barriers in American Acting Training, Venus Opal Reese 13: Disability and Access: A Manifesto for Actor Training, Victoria Ann Lewis 14: Arrested or Paralyzed? Reflections on the Erotic Life of an Acting Teacher, Ellen Margolis Notes on Contributors Index