CALL FOR ARTICLES, PERSPECTIVES, PERFORMANCES AND REVIEWSBody, Space & Technology, now in its twenty-second year of publication, is a leading online interdisciplinary journal, publishing on all aspects of contemporary arts practice.   The EBSCO indexed journal publishes non-themed refereed articles, artist-led perspectives on their practice, together with a wide range of reviews of books, performances, installations, design, as well as visual and sonic art. It also reports on related conferences, symposia and other […]

Applied Theatre and Gender Justice (to be published by Routledge in 2024).This collection of essays seeks to highlight the value and efficacy of applied theatre internationally to address issues of concern for gender marginalized groups: cis-women and girls, trans people, non-binary folx, and, those who identity as female regardless of their assigned gender at birth. […]

Excavating New Critical Landscapes: The August Wilson Archive, The Writer’s Landscape, and the August Wilson House Renovation ProjectThe August Wilson Society seeks proposals for individual papers, panels, or workshops for its March 2 nd – 4 th 2023 Biennial Colloquium that assess the current and future impact that the work being done by three Pittsburgh […]

Inessential Shakespeares:  Contingency, Necessity, and Marginalization in Early Modern Drama Editors of a special issue of Shakespeare edited by Danielle Rosvally (University at Buffalo) and Sarah Neville (Ohio State University) scheduled for Fall 2024 seek papers of 4,000-6,000 words on the topic of “Inessential Shakespeare: Contingency, Necessity, and Marginalization in Early Modern Drama.”  What works of Shakespeare – and […]

The American Theatre and Drama Society is sponsoring two pre-constructed panels to be presented at the 45th Comparative Drama Conference.  The CDC is a really lovely conference.  It is relatively small, with plenty of time for discussion and getting to know people.  Each year the keynote is delivered by a guest playwright.  This year’s guest […]

The Journal of American Drama and TheatreSpecial Issue: Revolutions in New Work DevelopmentSpring 2023 Call for Submissions Deadline: November 1, 2022″Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.” -Martha Graham The American Theatre and Drama Society’s 2023 special issue on Revolutions in New Work Development will document, […]

The Black Theatre Review (tBTR) will be accepting submissions for its second publication, Vol. 1 No. 2, to be published in January of 2023.We are pleased to invite submissions that respond to and interrogate the beauty and performativity of Representation in Black theatre history, performance, literature, artistic leadership, pedagogy, and praxis:RepresentationRepresentation is an act of inclusion […]

Calls for Theatre Annual Editor & Theatre Annual Book Review EditorThe American Theatre & Drama Society seeks applications for Editor and Book Review Editor for Theatre Annual, ATDS’s peer-reviewed journal. Both positions have four-year terms that include a training/learning period to make these positions more accessible and to maintain institutional memory.Description of the Journal: Theatre […]

Call for the Journal of American Drama and TheatreSpring 2023 Special Issue Guest EditorThe American Theatre & Drama Society seeks applications for Guest Editor of the Spring 2023 Special Issue of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, a peer-reviewed online journal. Description of the Journal: Founded in 1989 and previously edited by Professors Vera […]

The Eugene O’Neill SocietyModern Language Association ConventionSan Francisco, January 5-8, 2023 The Duality of Eugene O’Neill on RacePlease submit proposals to the O’Neill Societyby March 9, 2022What can we learn about race and inclusion in America today by reflecting on Eugene O’Neill’s plays? At first glance, O’Neill may not be the most likely playwright to turn […]

LMDA’s journal Review is currently accepting submissions for the 2022 issue. The mission of the journal is to provide a venue for exploration of dramaturgy, and for ongoing conversation about the work of the dramaturg and the literary manager and their relationship to all aspects of theatre-making. Review publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles, along with work in other formats such as […]

Call for Submissions(research articles as well as book and performance reviews) The Black Theatre Review (tBTR) will be accepting submissions for its inaugural publication, Vol. 1 No. 1, to be published in July of 2022. We are pleased to invite submissions on the following theme:CrossroadsWe encourage submissions from all fields that use the lens of Black performance to […]

Call for Papers: Theory and Criticism Focus Group—ATHE 2022 Conference Rehearsing the Possible: Practicing Reparative CreativityDetroit, MI | July 28–July 31, 2022Please send questions to Theory and Criticism Conference Planner: Abby Schroering (abby.schroering@gmail.com)Submission Deadline: Sunday, 23 October 2021The Theory and Criticism Focus Group will accept individual 250-word position paper abstracts for the Tending the Garden […]

CALL FOR PAPERS/SESSION PROPOSALSATHE Annual Conference 2022 Music Theatre/Dance Focus GroupDetroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI Conference Dates: July 28-31 Submission Deadlines: Single Papers/Presentations – November 1st, 2021 Full Panels – December 1st, 2021The Music Theatre/Dance (MT/D) Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) invites session proposals for the […]

The 39th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival and Conference, April 21-23, 2022CALL FOR PAPERSPapers are invited on the films and plays of William Inge, and/or the works of our 2022 honoree Lynn Nottage, designed for a 20-minute oral presentation at the conference.   A wide variety of perspectives and themes are encouraged.  Papers selected for presentation […]

AMERICAN THEATRE AND DRAMA SOCIETY (ATDS) SESSIONSASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ATHE) CONFERENCE DETROIT MARRIOT, DETROIT, MIJULY 28 – 31, 2022 ATHE 2022: REHEARSING THE POSSIBLE: PRACTICING REPARATIVE CREATIVITYATHE 2020 and ATHE 2021 showed us that remote engagement offers positive and challenging possibilities for our conference community. The 2022 conference will reconvene in person in Detroit, and […]