Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT)
JADT publishes thoughtful and innovative work by leading scholars on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas – past and present.
ISSN Number: 2376-4236
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Current Issue
Volume 37 Issue 1
Current Issue
Editorial Introduction
“It’s Cumming yet for a’ that”: Bringing the Scottish Bard to Life in the 21st Century
Artists as Theorists in Their Craft: Interview with James Ijames
Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity. Ryan Donovan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023; Pp. 316.
New England Theatre Journal: A fond farewell 1989-2023
Barrington Stage. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 2023
Hartford Stage. Hartford, Connecticut, 2023-24
Portland Stage Company. Portland, Maine, 2023-24
Vermont Stage. Burlington, Vermont, 2023-24
A Comedy of Sorts: Race, Gender, and Satire in Slave Play
Historiographic Metatheatre and Narrative Closure in Pippin’s Alternate “Theo Ending”
The Spectacular Theatre of Frank Joseph Galati: Reshaping American Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Julie Jackson. London: Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022. 215pp.
Precarious Forms. Performing Utopia in the Neoliberal Americas. Evanston. Candice Amich. Northwestern University Press: 2020; Pp. 232.
New England Theatre in Review
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm). Warwick, Rhode Island, 2023-24
The Huntington. Boston, Massachusetts, 2023-24
Shakespeare & Company. Lenox, Massachusetts, 2023
Yale Repertory Theatre. New Haven, Connecticut, 2023-24
Performing Girlhood, Riffing on Lolita: Fornés and Vogel Respond to Nabokov
“Each One, Teach One”: Interview with Harvey Fierstein
Playing Real: Mimesis, Media, and Mischief. Lindsay Brandon Hunter. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2021; Pp. 192.
Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender Bending. Meredith Heller. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2020; Pp. 236.
American Repertory Theater . Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2023–2024
Greater Boston’s Independent Theatres. 2023-24 Season
Long Wharf Theatre. New Haven, Connecticut, 2023-24
Trinity Repertory Theatre Company. Providence, Rhode Island, 2023-24
Archive
We are in the process of moving all past journal entries to the current websiite. Please bear with us as we make this transition. You can view all the past issues at www.jadt.commons.gc.cuny.edu.
For any queries or clarifications, write to us at jadtjournal@gmail.com
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 6,000 to 8,000 words in length and prepared in conformity with the Chicago Manual of Style using footnotes. Completed manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word attachments via e-mail to jadtjournal@gmail.com using Microsoft Word. Articles will be peer reviewed, so please allow 3 to 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 now publishes performance reviews on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas. Single reviews are usually 800 to 1,200 words in length. Please refer to these guidelines when submitting performance reviews. We encourage authors to contact the editors in advance to propose a review at jadtperformancereviews@gmail.com
Book Reviews
JADT also publishes book reviews of monographs published within the last three years. This list of recommended and nominated titles for review is refreshed annually. Reviews are usually no more than 1000 words; refer to these guidelines when submitting book reviews. To propose a book review in advance, please contact the editors at jadtbookreviews@gmail.com.
People
Editorial Board
Benjamin Gillespie, Bess Rowen
Co-Editors
Stephanie Lim
Book Review Editor
Seth Wilson
Performance Review Editor
Brittany Vicars, Pune Dracker
Journal Assistants
Vera Mowry Roberts, Walter Meserve
Founding Editors
David Savran
Advisory Editor
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
Marvin Carlson
Director of Publications
Frank Hentschker
Executive Director
Gaurav Singh Nijjer
Digital and Web Coordinator
Advisory Board
Michael Y. Bennett
Kevin Byrne
Tracey Elaine Chessum
Bill Demastes
Stuart Hecht
Jorge Huerta
Amy E. Hughes
David Krasner
Esther Kim Lee
Kim Marra
Ariel Nereson
Beth Osborne
Jordan Schildcrout
Robert Vorlicky
Maurya Wickstrom
James F. Wilson
Stacy Wolf