Off Book

Devised Performance and Higher Education

By: Heather Fitzsimmons Frey (Editor), Nicola Hyland (Editor), James McKinnon (Editor)

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Paperback | 22 March 2024 | Edition Number 1

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An edited collection of essays exploring ways that theatrical devising supports and defies higher educationâs institutional goals.

In the theater industry, âoff bookâ refers to the date by which performers are to have memorized their lines and will no longer carry their play scriptâ"the âbookââ"on stage. But for the authors of this volume, the question is not when the book needs to be memorized, but why is there a need to be âonâ book in the first place? Practitioners of devised performance choose to compose live performances from scratch rather than follow instructions in someone elseâs script; educators of devised performance prefer to practice learning, too, as a generative and creative process that can never be confused with mere memorization. In its usual context, âoff bookâ implies that theater is (literally) authorized by the bookâ"the dramatic textâ"that represents its essential core or contains its meaning. Yet the âbookâ is not essential, and the chapters here highlight higher education theater practices that throw away the âbookâ altogether, creating space for actors and learners to do more than memorize. The conventional rules and hierarchies of theater creation, research, training, and education are not always relevant, or desirable, in these contexts. Instead, the questions and practices that go beyond the âbookâ matter.

Lively and engaging, Off Book will be a valuable and unique resource for university students, drama educators, theater historians, and practicing devised theater artists.

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