Community-Based Theatre

Cohen-Cruz, J. (2010). Engaging performance: Theatre as call and response. Routledge.

Conrad, D., & Sinner, A., (Eds.). (2015). Creating together: Participatory, community-based, and collaborative arts practices and scholarship across Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Haedicke, S. C., & Nellhaus, T. (Eds.). (2001). Performing democracy: International perspectives on urban community-based performance. The University of Michigan Press.

Muiriri, S. (2013, Summer). Easter rising: An article about The Poole Passion (TPP). Drama: One Forum Many Voices, 19(2), 24–30. Describes an annual project involving 70 community members and artists in Poole, UK.

Nagel, E. (2007). An aesthetic of neighborliness: Possibilities for integrating community-based practices into documentary theatre. Theatre Topics, 17(2), 153–168. A useful discussion on the lack of aesthetic in the work applied theatre does in terms of how we see both the art itself and the artists who engage with it.

Salverson, J. (Ed.). (2011). Community engaged theatre and performance. Playwrights Canada Press.

van Erven, E. (2001). Community theatre: Global perspectives. Routledge. The six books listed above offer excellent introductions by the authors/editors and many case studies from North America and around the world.

Walling, S. (2012). The tree of community art practice: Reflections on a resident art practice in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Alt.theatre: Cultural Diversity and the Stage, 9(4), 21–25.201

Cohen-Cruz, J. (2010). Engaging performance: Theatre as call and response. Routledge.

Conrad, D., & Sinner, A., (Eds.). (2015). Creating together: Participatory, community-based, and collaborative arts practices and scholarship across Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Haedicke, S. C., & Nellhaus, T. (Eds.). (2001). Performing democracy: International perspectives on urban community-based performance. The University of Michigan Press.

Muiriri, S. (2013, Summer). Easter rising: An article about The Poole Passion (TPP). Drama: One Forum Many Voices, 19(2), 24–30. Describes an annual project involving 70 community members and artists in Poole, UK.

Nagel, E. (2007). An aesthetic of neighborliness: Possibilities for integrating community-based practices into documentary theatre. Theatre Topics, 17(2), 153–168. A useful discussion on the lack of aesthetic in the work applied theatre does in terms of how we see both the art itself and the artists who engage with it.

Salverson, J. (Ed.). (2011). Community engaged theatre and performance. Playwrights Canada Press.

van Erven, E. (2001). Community theatre: Global perspectives. Routledge. The six books listed above offer excellent introductions by the authors/editors and many case studies from North America and around the world.

Walling, S. (2012). The tree of community art practice: Reflections on a resident art practice in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Alt.theatre: Cultural Diversity and the Stage, 9(4), 21–25.201