JADT 38.1 Now Online (Open Access)

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Journal of American Drama & Theatre

Volume 38.1

EDITORIAL

Introduction

Benjamin Gillespie and Bess Rowen

ARTICLES 

Fat Suits and Fat Futures: Ob*sity Drag in The Whale

Teya Juarez 

“The Star of the Aggregation”: Maggie Calloway’s Performances of Aggregation and Pleasure in Colonial Manila and British Malaya

Jewel Pereyra 

What’s at Stake? Sustaining DEIJ in U.S. Theatre

Heather S. Nathans, Javier Hurtado, Benny Sato Ambush, Henry Bial, Kristoffer Diaz, Kim Marra, Harvey Young

QUEER VOICES INTERVIEWS

"The Gift That Keeps on Giving": An Interview with Carmelita Tropicana

Alex Ferrone

Saying The F Word: A Conversation with Jordan Tannahill

Benjamin Gillespie

Staging Intimacy and Paradox through a Queer Lens: A Conversation with Jen Silverman

Jen-Scott Mobley and Maya E. Roth

BOOK REVIEWS

Decentered Playwriting: Alternative Techniques for the Stage. Edited by Carolyn M. Dunn, Eric Micha Holmes, and Les Hunter. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 212.

Lauren Friesen

Race and the Forms of Knowledge: Technique, Identity, and Place in Artistic Research. Ben Spatz. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2024; Pp. 314.

Henry Bial

Bloody Tyrants & Little Pickles: Stage Roles of Anglo-American Girls in the Nineteenth Century. Marlis Schweitzer. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2020; Pp. 276.

Eileen Curley

Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity. Bethany Hughes. New York: New York University Press, 2024; Pp. 272.

Sierra Rosetta

PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

The Brothers Size

Isaiah Matthew Wooden 

Dead Outlaw

Elliot Lee 

2025 Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Lindsey Mantoan 

ZAZ

William DeVito, Juanita Mejia Restrepo, M. Nance, Robert Pike, and Rufus ZaeJoDaeus

NEW ENGLAND THEATRE IN REVIEW

Introduction: New England Theatre in Review 2.0

Martha S. LoMonaco, Editor, New England Theatre in Review

Greater Boston’s Independent Theatres, 2024-25

Paul E. Fallon

Politics Take Center Stage in the Berkshires, 2024-25

Steven Otfinoski

Long Wharf Theatre, 2024-25

Karl G. Ruling

Founded in 1989, the Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT) is a widely acclaimed peer-reviewed journal publishing thoughtful and innovative work by leading scholars on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas—past and present. JADT is now accepting submissions for essays on any topics relating to theatre, drama, and popular entertainments of the Americas for consideration. Please submit completed manuscripts to jadtjournal@gmail.com. 

JADT now publishes performance reviews on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas. Please contact Performance Review Editor Jennifer Joan Thompson in advance to propose a review at jadtperformancereviews@gmail.com. JADT also publishes book reviews. If you would like to propose a book review, please email the Book Review Editor Stephanie Lim at jadtbookreviews@gmail.com.