Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater by Kaufman, Moises

Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781101971772)

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Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater by Kaufman, Moises

Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater

$19.95
Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater by Kaufman, Moises

Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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A detailed guide to the collaborative method developed by the acclaimed creators of The Laramie Project and Gross Indecency--destined to become a classic. A Vintage Original.

By Mois s Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams with Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Kelli Simpkins, Jimmy Maize, and Scott Barrow. For more than two decades, the members of Tectonic Theater Project have been rigorously experimenting with the process of theatrical creation. Here they set forth a detailed manual of their devising method and a thorough chronicle of how they wrote some of their best-known works. This book is for all theater artists--actors, writers, designers, and directors--who wish to create work that embraces the unbridled potential of the stage.

Author: Moises Kaufman, Barbara Pitts McAdams
ISBN-10: 1101971770
ISBN-13: 9781101971772
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2018
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2018
By Moises Kaufman
By Moises Kaufman
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MOISﾉS KAUFMAN is the founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, a theater company based in New York City. His 1997 play Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde was named one of the best plays of the year by Time, Newsday, the New York Post, The Advocate, and The New York Times. With Tectonic he has directed works by Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Benjamin Britten, and others, and created new works including The Laramie Project and 33 Variations. He is the recipient of the 1997 Joe A. Callaway Award for excellence in the craft of stage direction. In 2016, President Obama awarded Kaufman a 2015 National Medal of Arts for "his powerful contributions to American theater."

BARBARA PITTS MCADAMS was an actor/dramaturg for The Laramie Project, performing at BAM, Alice Tully Hall, Union Square Theater, LaJolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, and Denver Center. She also appears in the HBO Films adaptation and shares an Emmy Nomination for the screenplay. Barb originally codified Moment Work for an internal teaching manual, and, as a Moment Work master teacher, leads trainings and devises new plays at colleges and high schools. She has also served as an adjunct professor for Drew University and CUNY's Applied Theater MA program. She is a two-time Orchard Project and Sundance Theater Lab alum and a proud cast member of the award-winning web series Anyone But Me, about lesbian teens in the post-9/11 era.

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