Contributors to this special issue contemplate "a widened definition and enlarged vision for ensemble-created and physical theater," writes Tom Sellar in an opening essay of the issue. The authors call for the field of theater to " build on but move beyond the sometimes Eurocentric artistic criteria of past decades, first to include work from other regions, and also to acknowledge that alternative models of collective creativity have been excluded from view and ought rightfully to be seen in this context," Sellar continues. "We hope this issue will serve as a compelling call for American theaters and universities to make more space for group creation—the beating heart of all theatrical enterprise—which deserves to be produced and studied with the same dedication as written drama."
Contributors: Ryan Adelsheim, Quinn Bauriedel, Lex Brown, Thomas Choinacky, Jonathan P. Eburne, Leslie Elkins, Sara Freeman, Andrew Friedman, Rye Gentleman, Brittney S. Harris, Michelle Hayford, Yizhou Huang, Johanna Kasimow, Jenn Kidwell, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Allen J. Kuharski, Jasmine Mahmoud, Deb Margolin, Erica Murphy, Mason Rosenthal, Tom Sellar, James Stanley, Rebecca Struch, Alexandra Tatarsky, Abigail Van Patter, Sacha Vega, Annie Wilson, and Rebecca Wright.
