Performing Dream Homes Theater and the Spatial Politics of the Domes

This anthology explores how theatre and performance use home as the prism through which we reconcile shifts in national, cultural, and personal identity. Whether examining parlor dramas and kitchen sink realism, site-specific theatre, travelling tent show

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Performing Dream Homes

Emily Klein  •  Jennifer-Scott Mobley Jill Stevenson Editors

Performing Dream Homes Theater and the Spatial Politics of the Domestic Sphere

Editors Emily Klein Department of English Saint Mary’s College of California Moraga, CA, USA

Jennifer-Scott Mobley School of Theatre and Dance East Carolina University Greenville, NC, USA

Jill Stevenson Department of Theatre Arts Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY, USA

ISBN 978-3-030-01580-0    ISBN 978-3-030-01581-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01581-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018963214 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: David Wall / Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgments

The blueprint for Performing Dream Homes was first drafted at the 2014 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, as a product of the “Family Dream House” panels organized by Jill Stevenson. We are grateful to the participants in those illuminating sessions whose work revealed the topic’s urgency and dynamic breadth, and to the ATHE conference organizers who permitted one popular panel session to expand into three. We also want to acknowledge the support we have received from our respective academic “home” institutions as we worked on this volume and, in particular, the generous assistance supplied through the Provost’s Faculty Research Grant of Saint Mary’s College of California. As it grew and changed, this manuscript was strengthened by the astute feedback of our external readers, whose insights helped us t