The struggle continues : scripts, essays, reflections / Robbie McCauley ; edited by Alisa Solomon, Elin Diamond, and Cynthia Carr ; contributors: Cynthia Carr [and 12 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCauley, Robbie, author.

Contributor:

Solomon, Alisa, 1956- editor.

Diamond, Elin, editor.

Carr, Cynthia, 1950- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCauley, Robbie--Criticism and interpretation.

McCauley, Robbie.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2025.

Summary:

"As a playwright, director, and performer, Robbie McCauley has been an influential presence in the American avant-garde theatre for many decades. In her work, she consistently confronts uncomfortable truths about race and racism in America with a sharp eye for nuance and complexity, using the personal to extend into the universal by weaving her own family history into her narratives. By breaking down the traditional walls between performer and spectator, her plays encourage challenging and necessary dialogue about the ways race affects our social frameworks and individual lived experiences. In addition to containing the full text of McCauley's plays Sally's Rape, Indian Blood, Sugar, and Jazz 'n Class, this volume includes insightful introductions to each play as well as additional essays by McCauley and other leading writers and academics about her work and legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Editors' preface / Alisa Solomon, Elin Diamond, and Cynthia Carr

"Beginnings" / Alisa Solomon

"Thoughts on my career, The other weapon, and other projects" / Robbie McCauley

COMMUNITY PROJECTS: MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM. Editors' note / Alisa Solomon, Elin Diamond, and Cynthia Carr

"Notes on participatory theater" / Marie Cieri and Robbie McCauley

"Mississippi Freedom: South and North" / Robbie McCauley

"Artists have to do this" / Robbie McCauley interviewed by Erika Munk

Mississippi Freedom: a performance theater work / Robbie McCauley

SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE SCRIPTS. Introduction to Indian blood / Elin Diamond

Indian blood / Robbie McCauley

Score for Indian blood / Ed Montgomery

Introduction to Sally's rape / Cynthia Carr

Note from Robbie McCauley

Sally's rape / Robbie McCauley

Introduction to Sugar / Maureen Shea

Sugar / Robbie McCauley

Introduction to Jazz 'n class / Charlotte Meehan

Jazz 'n class: a performance meditation / Robbie McCauley

"Dear Robbie McCauley" / Daniel Alexander Jones

"The McCauley School: a work-in-progress" / Omi Osun Joni L. Jones

"I can't win in your language: Robbie McCauley's practicum for self-discovery" / Carl Hancock Rux

"Uprising" / Pamela Sneed

EPILOGUE. "The stories live: a conversation between Robbie McCauley and the editors"

Robbie's iPhone poems

Further reading: a partial bibliography ;; contributors

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Container of: McCauley, Robbie. Sally's rape.

Container of: McCauley, Robbie. Indian blood.

Container of: McCauley, Robbie. Sugar.

Container of: McCauley, Robbie. Jazz 'n class.

Other Format:

Online version: McCauley, Robbie. Struggle continues

ISBN:

9781559369749

1559369744

OCLC:

1348870513