Beautiful chaos : a life in the theater / Carey Perloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perloff, Carey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perloff, Carey.

Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 264 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : City Lights Foundation, [2015]

Summary:

"With more than 20 years at the helm of a cultural legacy, Perloff's personal and professional journey, her life as a woman, a wife and mother, a playwright, director, producer, arts advocate, and citizen in a city erupting with enormous change is a compelling, entertaining story for anyone interested in how theater gets made, and its role in our future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Beginning 1

Chapter 2 What Do You Have for Free? 7

Chapter 3 The Post founder Era 19

Chapter 4 Urban Archaeology 25

Chapter 5 The Issue of Children 31

Chapter 6 Annus Terribihs 41

Chapter 7 The Geary Campaign 59

Chapter 8 The Core Company 69

Chapter 9 Who Are We Training and Why? 91

Chapter 10 The Question of Aesthetic 107

Chapter 11 The International Connection 139

Chapter 12 The Yale Detour 157

Chapter 13 Telling My Own Stories 163

Chapter 14 The Quandary of Too Many Hats 179

Chapter 15 San Francisco Stories 187

Chapter 16 Twitter and Me 209

Chapter 17 Canons to the Right, Canons to the Left 225

Chapter 18 Small Experiments of Radical Intent 237

Chapter 19 Serving and Subverting: Theater and Community or "How Do You Open the Doors?" 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781931404143

1931404143

OCLC:

892620086