Indigenous Stages
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INDIGENOUS STAGES is the world’s first interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated solely to the theatrical and cultural performance of Indigenous artists and communities from across the globe.
Published by The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center at CUNY, the mission of INDIGENOUS STAGES is to foster, survey, and publish the contemporary and historical theoretical discourse surrounding the field. Peer-reviewed articles as well as critical book and performance reviews will contribute to further strengthen Indigenous studies as an academic discipline within theatre and performance studies.
Entries under this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
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About The Journal
History and Mission
Founded in 1989, 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. The journal’s provocative articles provide valuable insight and information on the heritage of American theatre, as well as its continuing contribution to world literature and the performing arts. JADT is fully online and freely accessible.
Our aim is to promote research on theatre of the Americas and to encourage historical and theoretical approaches to plays, playwrights, performances, and popular theatre traditions. Studies of dramatic texts from a purely literary perspective are outside the scope of the journal.
“I see American Drama and Theatre as a primary means of reflecting the excitement and progress of our language, our culture, our democracy, our social concerns and our historical roots as Americans. No better opportunity exists for understanding, or for contributing to our understanding, of our American world, past or present, than the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, as shown by the excellence of its past performance and the promise of its future.”
– Walter Meserve
Submission Guidelines
The editors of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT) are 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. We accept submission on a rolling basis. Please email the editors with any inquiries.
Article manuscripts should be 5,000 to 8,000 words in length and prepared in conformity with the Chicago Manual of Style using manual endnotes. Completed manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word attachments via e-mail to jadtjournal@gmail.com. Articles will be peer reviewed, so please allow 3-4 months for a decision. If you are submitting images, please provide the images and captions with your submission. (Please Note: Images should be at least 300dpi and authors are responsible for securing permissions prior to submission). Please include a short bio with your submission.
Performance Reviews
JADT publishes performance reviews on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas. Single reviews are usually 800 to 1,200 words in length. We encourage authors to contact the editor in advance to propose a review at jadtperformancereviews@gmail.com
Book Reviews
JADT publishes book reviews of monographs published within the last two years. This list of recommended and nominated titles for review is refreshed annually. Reviews are usually 800 to 1000 words for a single review. To propose a book review in advance, please contact the editor at jadtbookreviews@gmail.com.
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