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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 2

EDITORIAL

Censorship/Public Censure and Performance Today: Special Issue Introduction

David Bisaha and Pria Ruth Williams

ARTICLE

Remembering Censorship in the World Premiere of Seán O’Casey’s The Drums of Father Ned: Lafayette, Indiana, 1959

Nic Barilar

ARTICLE

The Stage as Networked Battleground:
Dissent and Censorship in Contemporary Canadian Theatre and Performance

Donia Mounsef

ARTICLE

Censor/Censure: A Roundtable

Pria Ruth Williams, Claire Syler, Amy Hughes, Karen Jean Martinson, David Bisaha

ARTICLE

Which of These Are Censorship? The Divide Between Prior Restraint and Soft Censorship

Rowan Jalso

ARTICLE

How Can an Artist Respond to Censorship? The Dilemma That Faces Contemporary Creatives in the UK

Patrizia Paolini

QUEER VOICES

The LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project: A Roundtable Conversation

Benjamin Gillespie

QUEER VOICES

Life is Drag: Documenting Spectacle as Resistance
An Interview with Rachel Rampleman

Benjamin Gillespie

BOOK REVIEW

Middle Eastern American Theatre: Communities, Cultures, and Artists. Michael Malek Najjar. Critical Companions Series. London: Methuen Drama, 2021; Pp. xvi + 237.

Megan Stahl

BOOK REVIEW

Lessons from Our Students: Meditations on Performance Pedagogy. Stacey Cabaj and Andrea Odinov. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 126

Samantha Briggs

BOOK REVIEW

Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, and Ecology in the Anthropocene. Angenette Spalink. Studies in Theatre, Ecology, and Performance Series, no. 3. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 116.

Erika Guay

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Fauci and Kramer

Janet Werther

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Our Town

I. B. Hopkins

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Frankenstein

Melissa Sturges

Curren Issue

Current Issue

Censorship/Public Censure and Performance Today: Special Issue Introduction

Censorship/Public Censure and Performance Today: Special Issue Introduction

Censor/Censure: A Roundtable

Censor/Censure: A Roundtable

The LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project: A Roundtable Conversation

The LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project: A Roundtable Conversation

Lessons from Our Students: Meditations on Performance Pedagogy. Stacey Cabaj and Andrea Odinov. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 126

Lessons from Our Students: Meditations on Performance Pedagogy. Stacey Cabaj and Andrea Odinov. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 126

Our Town

Our Town

Remembering Censorship in the World Premiere of Seán O’Casey’s The Drums of Father Ned: Lafayette, Indiana, 1959

Remembering Censorship in the World Premiere of Seán O’Casey’s The Drums of Father Ned: Lafayette, Indiana, 1959

Which of These Are Censorship? The Divide Between Prior Restraint and Soft Censorship

Which of These Are Censorship? The Divide Between Prior Restraint and Soft Censorship

Life is Drag: Documenting Spectacle as Resistance
An Interview with Rachel Rampleman

Life is Drag: Documenting Spectacle as Resistance
An Interview with Rachel Rampleman

Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, and Ecology in the Anthropocene. Angenette Spalink. Studies in Theatre, Ecology, and Performance Series, no. 3. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 116.

Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, and Ecology in the Anthropocene. Angenette Spalink. Studies in Theatre, Ecology, and Performance Series, no. 3. New York: Routledge, 2024; Pp. 116.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

The Stage as Networked Battleground: 
Dissent and Censorship in Contemporary Canadian Theatre and Performance

The Stage as Networked Battleground:
Dissent and Censorship in Contemporary Canadian Theatre and Performance

How Can an Artist Respond to Censorship? The Dilemma That Faces Contemporary Creatives in the UK

How Can an Artist Respond to Censorship? The Dilemma That Faces Contemporary Creatives in the UK

Middle Eastern American Theatre: Communities, Cultures, and Artists. Michael Malek Najjar. Critical Companions Series. London: Methuen Drama, 2021; Pp. xvi + 237.

Middle Eastern American Theatre: Communities, Cultures, and Artists. Michael Malek Najjar. Critical Companions Series. London: Methuen Drama, 2021; Pp. xvi + 237.

Fauci and Kramer

Fauci and Kramer

Past Issue

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 & Submission Guideline

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

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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

 

Jennifer Joan Thompson

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

Contact

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