{"product_id":"conceptualizing-new-plays-scott-r-irelan-9781516528622","title":"Conceptualizing New Plays: Studies in Theatre Concepts, Forms, and Styles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContextualizing New Plays: Studies in Theatre Concepts, Forms, and Styles\u003c\/em\u003e uses short, original plays as catalysts for discussing basic theatrical concepts, dramatic forms and genres, styles of production, thematic concerns, critical theory, and dramatic criticism. This book uses these short form plays as instructional tools with the pedagogical underpinnings needed to prepare students to successfully interact with full-length scripts. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Each chapter introduces a playwright and his or her play, then discusses the particular form and style exemplified. After exploring this content, students are referred to longer plays of similar form and style, and participate in both individual and group exercises and activities that enable them to apply specific dramatic knowledge and skills including collective creation, image-tracking, magical realism, absurdism, and group playwriting. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eContextualizing New Plays\u003c\/em\u003e provides a welcome alternative to anthologies of full-length plays or working with numerous separate scripts. Developed for courses in theatre history, play analysis, and introduction to the theatre, it is equally suited to serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplemental reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott R. Irelan\u003c\/strong\u003e serves as associate dean of the College of Fine Arts at Western Michigan University. He is the author (with Anne Fletcher) of \u003cem\u003eExperiencing Theatre\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Process of Dramaturgy\u003c\/em\u003e. He also edited \u003cem\u003eEnacting Nationhood: Identity, Ideology and Theatre, 1855-99\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Fletcher\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of theatre at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale where she teaches dramaturgy and theatre history. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eRediscovering Mordecai Gorelik: Scene Design and the American Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eModern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1930s\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott R. Irelan, Anne Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151652862X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781516528622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Scott R. Irelan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050563268863,"sku":"9781516528622","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7674add-8696-477f-a4fb-3b83d3ff3cd8.jpg?v=1685007973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conceptualizing-new-plays-scott-r-irelan-9781516528622","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}