Theatre History and Criticism

“Political Theatre in Zimbabwe”

A Conversation between Daniel Maposa and Dan Friedman

The Drama Review (TDR) 69:4 (T268) Winter 2025, pp. 172-184

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“Theatre, Community, and Development: The Performance Activism of the Castillo Theatre”

The Drama Review (TDR), 60: 4 (T232) Winter 2016, pp. 68-91

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Friedman, D. and Holzman, L. “Performing the World: The Performance Turn in Social Activism”

In Atay Citorn, David Zerbib, and Sharon Aronson-Lehavi (Eds.), Performance Studies in Motion: International Perspectives and Practices in the Twenty-First Century (Methuen, 2014)

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“Theatre for Nothing”

Unpublished talk at International Drama/Theatre and Education Association conference, Belém, Brazil, 2010

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“Everyone’s an Angel”

Chapter in Angels in the American Theater: Patron, Patronage, and Philanthropy, ed. Robert A. Schanke, Southern Illinois University Press, 2007

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“The Changing Nature of Political Theatre”

Unpublished talk at Association of Theatre in Higher Education conference, San Francisco, July 31, 2005.

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“Extra-Theatrical Performance: Acting Leaves Home and Finds a Whole New World”

Back Stage, August 1-7, 2003, pp. 24-27

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“Ensemble Acting Companies: A Different Kind of Life in the Theatre”

Back Stage, June 13-19, 2003, pp. 24-27

“The Dramaturg: Help or Hindrance?”

In Back Stage, September 27-October 3, 2002, pp. 30-33

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“Deconstruction and Development of the Opera Carmen”

With Gabrielle Kurlander (Modern Drama, Volume XLII, No. 2, Summer 2000)

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“Castillo: The Making of a Postmodern Political Theatre”

In Theatre Symposium, 2000, (Vol. 8), pp. 130-140

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“Models of Non-Profit Theatre Funding in the United States in the 20th Century and the Emergence of a New Model for the 21st”

Unpublished talk, Mid-American Theatre Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March, 13, 1999.

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“A Brief Description of the Workers’ Theatre Movement of the Thirties”

Chapter in Theatre for Working Class Audiences in the United State, 1830-1980, ed. Bruce A. McConachie and Daniel Friedman, Greenwood Press, 1985

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“Contemporary Theatre for Working Class Audience in the United States”

Chapter in Theatre for Working Class Audiences in the United State, 1830-1980, ed. Bruce A. McConachie and Daniel Friedman, Greenwood Press, 1985


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