{"product_id":"beautiful-chaos-carey-perloff-9781931404143","title":"Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater","description":"\u003cb\u003eCarey Perloff, former Artistic Director of San Francisco's legendary American Conservatory Theater, pens a lively and revealing memoir, and delivers a provocative and impassioned manifesto for the role of live theater in today's technology-infused world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerloff's personal and professional journey--her life as a woman in a male-dominated profession, as a wife and mother, a playwright, director, producer, arts advocate, and citizen in a city erupting with enormous change--is a compelling, entertaining story for anyone interested in how theater gets made. She offers a behind-the-scenes perspective, including her intimate working experiences with well-known actors, directors, and writers, including Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, Robert Wilson, David Strathairn, and Olympia Dukakis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether reminiscing about her turbulent first years as a young woman taking over an insolvent theater in crisis and transforming it into a thriving, world-class performance space, or ruminating on the potential for its future, Perloff takes on critical questions about arts education, cultural literacy, gender disparity, leadership, and power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarey Perloff is an award-winning playwright, theater director, and the artistic director of the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco since 1992.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carey Perloff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931404143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931404143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2015 pg. 37","brand":"Carey Perloff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983809315071,"sku":"9781931404143","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd12b411-b30d-4cfa-b225-7a26c91ac7c3.jpg?v=1683268849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beautiful-chaos-carey-perloff-9781931404143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}