The Thornton Wilder Society invites papers on any aspect of the author’s career (playwright, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, teacher) to be presented at the American Literature Association Annual Conference (21-24 May 2020) in San Diego, CA.  We particularly welcome papers on gender/sexuality and/or ethnicity but are open to all topics involving Wilder’s work and life.For information […]

Call for Works-in-Progress fromContingent Faculty ColleaguesPublication Development Forumhosted by Tufts UniversityFebruary 7, 2020 – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. InvitationThe Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University announces a one-day Works-in-Progress Publication Development Forum for contingent faculty colleagues in the Greater New England area.  Specifically designed to support faculty in contingent to positions, […]

Staging Democracy: Politics and Political Figures in 20th/21st century American DramaAmerican Theatre & Drama Society Panelat the American Literature Association31st Annual Conference May 21-24 2020 San Diego CAThe American Literature Association is a coalition of literary and drama societies devoted to the study of American authors. Since 1989, ALA’s annual conferences have provided scholars and artists […]

SETC Theatre Symposium Volume 29“Theatre and Race”DATES: April 3-5, 2020 LOCATION: Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GAThe performative nature of political and cultural discourse about race has recently been highlighted, both in the U.S. and around the world, by tweets and talk shows, parades and protests, movements and mass shootings, comedy routines and court decisions. These […]

The Journal of American Drama and TheatreSpecial Issue: Affect Theory in PerformanceCo-Edited by Kevin Byrne and Greg PierottiWinter 2020/21Call for Papers”Ordinary affects,” writes Kathleen Stewart in the introduction to her 2007 book of the same name, “are an animate circuit that conducts force and maps connections, routes, and disjunctures.”  As an evolving area of inquiry, […]

The 41 st Annual Mid-America Theatre Conference March 5 – 8, 2020 Embassy Suites Downtown Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL “CHARACTER” Theatre History Symposium—Call for Papers From archetypes and stock characters to musings from theorists such as Zeami and Aristotle, character is inextricably linked to the art of theatre. Additionally, character refers to nature or qualities: […]

Call for Papers: Black Comedy in Contemporary Theater Panel at the Comparative Drama Conference, Rollins College, Orlando, Florida: April 2-4, 2020 Deadline: October 31, 2019   Black comedy, as a genre, is under-theorized.  Black comedy received scholarly attention fifty years ago with the advent of such literary humorists as Kurt Vonnegut or Joseph Heller.  Interest […]

Theatre Journal Call for Papers Special Issue for September 2020: Minor Asias The 50th anniversary of Asian American Studies has coincided with a number of phenomena that challenge the ways in which we might think about the utility and limits of that rubric. Increased policing of particular minority communities within China, protests in Hong Kong, […]

Theatre Journal Call for Papers Special Issue for December 2020: The Global South The idea of ordering regions into “north” and “south” began during the Cold War, first as the Non-Aligned Movement and then as the Group of 77 member states of the United Nations. While these nations were initially designated “The Third World,” the […]

The Representation of Death in American Drama and Theatre.  Topics may include but are not restricted to cultural, philosophical, sociological, or medical attitudes towards death and dying; the staging of death and dying; dramaturgical uses of death; characters associated with death; death as metaphor.    Please send 250-word abstracts to vfoster@luc.edu by Oct. 22, 2019.  […]

CALL FOR PAPERS: AMERICAN THEATRE AND DRAMA SOCIETY (ATDS) SESSIONS ASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ATHE) CONFERENCE DETROIT MARRIOTT AT THE RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT, MI JULY 29-AUGUST 2, 2020 Submission Deadlines: October 15 (abstracts for individual papers only: submit to David Bisaha at dbisaha@binghamton.edu); November 1st (complete panel proposals: submit to ATHE at www.athe.org) ATHE […]

Theory and Criticism Focus Group—ATHE 2020 Conference Drive: Combustion ↔ Energy ↔ Resilience ↔ Drive ↔ Resilience ↔ Energy ↔ Combustion Detroit, Michigan July 29-August 2, 2020 Please send questions to Theory and Criticism Conference Planner: Daniel Ciba (danciba@hotmail.com)   1. “Spare Parts” An Interactive Roundtable Event In response to the 2020 ATHE conference theme, “Drive,” […]

“Local Acts: Performing Communities, Performing Americas” The American Theatre and Drama Society invites submissions for its spring 2020 issue of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre. Membership in ATDS is not required for submission of an article, but submissions from members are especially encouraged. The effort to create an economically and environmentally sustainable way […]

Theatre Annual is the oldest theatre periodical continuously published in the United States. It is dedicated to examining theatre and performance of the Americas. We construe “America” broadly to include North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean Islands. Articles may treat work in these geographic areas or work from these areas that is presented elsewhere […]

International Susan Glaspell Society 2019Essay Prize, Paper Prize and Translation Prize Announcements The ISGS has established three prizes to be awarded at our business meeting. These prizes celebrate outstanding contributions to the development of Susan Glaspell scholarship. Nominees do not need to be members of the ISGS, and all winners will enjoy one-year free ISGS membership. […]