Disability Dramaturgies

VOLUME 52, NUMBER 2

Current Issue

The current issue of Theater (Volume 52, Number 2: Disability Dramaturgies) edited by Madeline Charne and Tom Sellar features: Dances from the Crip/Mad Archive, Sins Invalid in Conversation, Allison Leigh Holt’s Stitching the Future with Clues, Jerron Herman’s 3 Bodies, and Pandemic Postcards. 

  • Hettie, a Black woman with curly hair, Petra, a white woman with a shaved head, and tiny community participant, a young white girl, finding sanctuary in color, from Vincent Van Gogh's Asylum Garden painting. All three people reach toward the yellow battery of Petra’s disability scooter. Behind them, the fake grass of an installation extends towards the gray building and tall windows of Lincoln Center. Crip/Mad Archive Dances: Arts-Based Methods in and out of the Archive
    By Petra Kuppers
  • A Black man, Jerron Herman, bent forward at the waist facing the right side of the frame with his right arm raised backwards above his head, his wrist bent, and his hand facing away. He has a neatly trimmed beard and short hair and wears a black leather vest over a black long sleeve t-shirt and pants. He is gazing intently to the right of the frame. 3 Bodies
    By Jerron Herman
  • A shirtless man seated in a wheelchair is suspended from a harness in mid-air against a bright background. He holds himself up by the rope with one hand, but leans back with the other arm outstretched past his head. The light glows on his torso. Learning from Our Survival
    Patty Berne and Nomy Lamm (Sins Invalid) in Conversation
  • A Black woman in a gown and sequined mask stands in front of three overflowing dumpsters, in the act of throwing a plastic bag into the air. On the middle dumpster is a large sign reading: “Stop. No Plastic Bags. No Se Permiten Bolsos.” Crip Curation as Care: A Manifesto
    By Jessica A. Cooley and Ann M. Fox
  • Silhouetted figure of a person with short hair leaning over a control board. In front of them are multiple round lenses, casting projected light into rounded, looping patterns on a dark wall. Stitching the Future with Clues
    By Allison Leigh Holt
  • A white woman in snorkel goggles, with a hula hoop around her waist, stands in an apartment holding a white cane. Directly behind her is a rocking chair and the background shows a hallway with four doors. The closed caption reads: “That’s it! Stay safe, everybody!” Sending Care from Afar: Pandemic Postcards and Disability Dramaturgy
    By Jessica A. Watkin