Recorded in-person at ASTR 2024 in Seattle, Washington, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Pannill Camp, and Harvey Young discuss what a second Trump term might mean for arts and academia, the final edition of PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, and a recording of the classic Split Britches piece, Belle Reprieve.
The final edition of PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
Donate to the Split Britches documentary, Lois and Peggy: A Documentary
Pannill, Miriam and Brian discuss Shane Boyle's book, The Arts of Logistics: Artistic Production in Supply Chain Capitalism, then are joined by Doug Eacho of University of Toronto to talk about reading Marx's Capital with performance in mind. Finally, we talk about Theater in Quarantine's remote theater production, Nosferatu.
Here are links to some of the things we talk about on this episode:
Shane Boyle’s new book, The Arts of Logistics: Artistic Production in Supply Chain Capitalism.
The new translation of Capital Vol. 1 by Paul Reitter.
Theater in Quarantine, with links to the recordings of Nosferatu: A 3D Symphony of Horror.
Pannill, Brian, and Shayoni discuss the concept paper for Archiving Latine theater published by the Latinx Theater Commons on Howlround, recent stories about academic department closings, and the continuing efforts to regulate political expression on campuses.
Back from summer hiatus, Pannill and the Daughters of Lorraine, a.k.a Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss Diana Taylor's new article on digital presence, Raygun's controversial performance in the Olympic breaking competition, and the unionization of off-Broadway theater.
Here are links to some of the things we discuss on this episode:
Diana Taylor’s article, “Zuckerberg’s Smile”
Coverage of Raygun’s breaking performance at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Rachel Gunn’s dissertation, Deterritorializing Gender in Sydney’s Breakdancing Scene
Coverage of the postponement of part of the Atlantic Theater Company’s season
Pannill, Brian, and Shayoni discuss Alisa Zhulina's new book, Theater of Capital, the Wilma Theatre's production of My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion by Sasha Denisova, and the 10th anniversary convening of the Latinx Theatre Commons.
Here are links to some of the things we discuss on this episode:
Alisa Zhulina’s book, Theater of Capital: Modern Drama and Economic Life
Wilma Theatre’s production of My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion by Sasha Denisova
The Latinx Theatre Commons Tenth Anniversary Convening with links to some of the sessions
The New Yorker podcast interview with Judith Butler
The poster for the “Decolonizing Gender” event at Barnard College
Pannill, Leticia, and Miriam discuss Suhaila Meera's article about Little Amal, the large scale puppet drawing attention to the plight of displaced children, the trend toward earlier curtain times for theatre, and Faye Driscoll's dance performance work, including Thank You for Coming and Come On In.
Pannill and Brian discuss Eric Mayer-Garcia's recent article, "Theorizing Performance Archives through the Critic's Labor," Alexis Soloski's novel Here in the Dark, and the 2024 musical film Mean Girls.
Pannill, Miriam, and Shayoni discuss Rustom Bharucha's recent book, The Second Wave, about cultural responses to the pandemic, speech and protest on campus regarding the war in Israel and Gaza, and the essay “Decomposition Instead of Collapse - Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil.”
Here are links to some of things we discuss on this episode:
Rustom Bharucha’s book, The Second Wave: Reflections on the Pandemic Through Photography, Performance, and Public Culture
Shayoni Mitra’s editorial in The Columbia Spectator, “Protest with Care.”
An article about Refaat Alareer, and his poem, “If I Must Die, Let it Be A Tale.”
The essay by Annalisa Dias, “Decomposition Instead of Collapse - Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil” and responses by estrellita beatriz and Jacob Padrón.
A report on the raid on The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, West Bank.
Paul Beinart’s article in Jewish Currents on the antisemitism controversy at Harvard.
Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island, site of ASTR 2023, Sarah, Harvey and Pannill discuss “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Commodification,” a forthcoming essay by Annie Dorsen and Sam Gill, the current moment in conservative cultural politics and what it means for theatre makers and scholars in the US, and the legacy of Matthew Perry.
Pannill and Brian welcome Sean Metzger and Laura Edmondson, outgoing and incoming editors of Theatre Journal, to discuss the 75th anniversary of the journal, and the forthcoming special issue commemorating that milestone. We discuss some of the pieces in the anniversary issue, the 1980s as a watershed era for the field, and what we hope the future will bring.
Here are links to some of things we talk about on this episode:
The call for the 75th anniversary edition, with links to the lists of most-cited, “top hits,” and special issues
Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, by Premilla Nadasen
The “Interpolations 1” symposium at the University of Toronto