In the Lurch: Verbatim Theater and the Crisis of Democratic Deliberation

by Ryan Claycomb

Some of theater's most powerful works in the past thirty years fall into the category of "verbatim theater," socially engaged performances whose texts rely on word-for-word testimony. Performances such as Fires in the Mirror, The Laramie Project, and The Vagina Monologues have at their best demonstrated how to hold hard conversations about explosive subjects in a liberal democracy. But in this moment of what author Ryan Claycomb...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472055747
• ISBN13: 9780472055746
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"