Theatre History II Module 9 Pt 2
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What are the 3 subcategories of Latinx theatre in the United States?
Chicano
Cuban
Puertorican/Nuyorican
Who is Luis Valdez?
Chicano playwright and director
What is the name of the theatre company Valdez founded?
1964: El Teatro Campesino (“Farmworkers’ Theatre”)
What are actos?
Short agitprop pieces dramatizing workers’ lives
What is the name of Valdez’s most famous play?
Zoo Suit
Who is Milcha Sanchez-Scott?
Chicana Playwright
Why did Sanchez-Scott become a playwright?
Discouraged by lack of roles for Chicano actors
What is the name of Sanchez-Scott’s most famous play?
Roosters (1987)
Who is Luis Alfaro?
Chicano performance artist, playwright, activist, director
What do Alfaro’s plays often address?
Chicano, Gay / lesbian themes, including AIDS
Who was Maria Irene Fornès?
Cuban American Off-off Broadway, avant-garde playwright and director
What themes do Fornès’s plays deal with?
Feminism, lesbian issues, progressive politics
What are Fornès’s plays notable for?
Unconventional structure, dialogue, and staging, symbolism, brutality, slapstick humor
What is Fornès’s most notable play?
Fefu and Her Friends
What is the Nuyorican Poets Café?
Jumping off platform for Puerto Rican and Nuyorican artists
When was the Nuyorican Poets Café founded and by whom?
Founded 1973 by Miguel Algarin (1947-1988)
What does INTAR stand for?
International Arts Relations Inc
Who is John Leguizamo?
Columbian and Puerto Rican performer/actor
What are Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2 most famous works?
In The Heights (2007)
Hamilton (2015)
What are the 3 elements most Asian American theatres have in common?
Featuring Asian American performers
Featuring Asian American Culture
Featuring Asian American Playwrights
Who is David Henry Hwang?
Asian American playwright
What is notable about Hwang’s plays?
notable for intermingling of Asian and Western theatrical conventions
What is Hwang’s most notable play?
The Butterfly
What happened in 1972 that significantly influenced Native American theatre?
American Indian Religious Freedom Act: certain practices (e.g sun dance) again legalized
Who is Larissa FastHorse?
Native American playwright and choreographer
What is the name of the organization FastHorse co-founded with Ty Defoe?
Indigenous Direction
What is Indigenous Direction?
United States’ most significant consulting company for indigenous arts and audiences