Acknowledgments  ix
Overture  1
Entr'acte 1. Racial Affect and Affective Violence  17
Act I. Mise-en-Scène
1. Theoretical Scaffolding, Formal Architecture  25
2. Racialized Economies  56
Entr'acte 2. Acting and Embodiment  93
Act II. Creative Labor
3. (En)Acting Theory  97
4. The Drama behind the Drama  130
5. Revising Race  167
Entre'acte 3. The Structure of the Theater Company  205
Act III. Reparative Creativity
6. Playwriting as Reparative Creativity  209
7. Seamless, A Full-Length Play  237
Notes  311
Works Cited  325
Index  349
 

"Dorinne Kondo's work recalls us to the indispensable power of creative art and action during times when prospects for persistence are closing for so many. Brave, passionate, and always incisive, Kondo's work paves the way for those who seek to know the link between art and politics for our time." — Judith Butler

"Sitting at the nexus where critical race theory meets affect theory, this breathtakingly ambitious and fascinating book is as much about how racism functions in the theater world as it is a treatise on the production of race as a naturalized discourse. An important contribution." — John L. Jackson Jr., author of, Thin Description: Ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

"Dorinne Kondo's penetrating and insightful book should be required reading for any theater artist who is serious about confronting racism. She brilliantly reminds us of the power of the theater, and of the real responsibility that comes with that power." — Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater

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