Applied Theatre and Racial Justice: Care, Community, Change - Paperback

by Lisa Biggs (Editor), Eunice S. Ferreira (Editor)

Applied Theatre and Racial Justice: Care, Community, Change documents and amplifies lessons from practitioners and scholars who use performance to create models of transformation, collective learning, and liberation.

Author Biography

Lisa Biggs is an associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University, U.S.A., where she teaches theatre and performance studies. She is an actor, playwright, and the recipient of the 2023 Lila A. Heston Award from the National Communications Association and the Errol Hill Award from the American Society for Theatre Research.

Eunice S. Ferreira is an associate professor in the Theater Department at Skidmore College, U.S.A., where she teaches Black theatre, theatre history, mixed race performance, translation, and theatre for social justice and change. She is a director, dramaturg, actor, and a leading scholar on theatre of Cabo Verde, West Africa.