CONTEMPORARY Theatre & Performance MULTICULTURALISM/ DIVERSITY • African-American Theatre • Global Theatre • LGBTQ • Performance • Asian-American • Performance Art Theatre • Experimental Theatre • Latino Theatre (LATC) AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATRE • August Wilson (1945-2005) - Fences (1987) • Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1988) • The Piano Lesson (1990) ASIAN-AMERICAN THEATRE • East/West Players (downtown LA) • David Henry Huang - M. Butterfly, Bondage, Yellow Face LGBTQ • Charles Ludlam (19431987) died of AIDS— founded The Ridiculous Theatre Company- The Mystery of Irma Vep (1984) with Everett Quinton • Tony Kushner- Angels in America (1993) • Larry Kramer -The Normal Heart (1985) • Terence McNally - Mothers and Sons (2014) • Split Britches (WOW Cafe)- Beauty and The Beast (1982), Belle Reprieve (1990), Lesbians Who Kill (1992) • The Tectonic Theatre Company (The Laramie Project) • Rent, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Kinky Boots, Fun Home LATINO THEATRE • LATC (Latino Theatre Company- LA Theatre Center)- founded 1985 by Artistic Director, Jose Luis Valenzuela • Zoot Suit (1979) by Luis Valdez- made into a film (1981) • based on the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial (1942) and the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M51xwySGNYc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwINn5DEL1c GLOBAL THEATRE • Takarazuka Revue (Drag performance in Japan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLy2iOnBnsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wccu0JjcLw • Handspring Puppet Company (South Africa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAkQCbuvqg • Chinese Performance (spectacle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94rHwWrZOY PERFORMANCE /ART & Experimental Theatre • Robert Wilson • Richard Foreman • Mabou Mines Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach (1984- BAM) Richard Foreman’s King Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe!, New York City (2004) performance artist, actress, activist Rachel Rosenthal PERFORMANCE ART in Theatre/s • PS122 artists- and the rise of the • Carmelita Tropicana one-person show • Guillermo Pena Gomez • Spalding Gray • Annie Sprinkle • Eric Bogosian • Rachel Rosenthal • Tim Miller (Highways- Santa Monica, CA) • Anna Deveare Smith • Holly Hughes • Eve Ensler • John Fleck • Raquel Salinas • Karen Finley • Jesusa Rodriguez Eric Bogosian https://vimeo.com/143294891 Vaginal Davis https://vimeo.com/40943592 About Jesusa Rodriguez http://www.hemi.nyu.edu/cuaderno/holyterrorsweb/jesusa/index.html OTHER PLAYWRIGHTS- 1980S, 1990S • Sam Shepard • David Mamet • Christopher Durang • Lanford Wilson • Terence McNally • Edward Albee • John Guare • Neil Simon • John Patrick Shanley SHIFT IN EXPOSURE FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS? • Annie Baker • Anna Deveare Smith • Lisa Kron • Suhayla El-Bushra • Sarah Ruhl • Sarah Kane • Suzan-Lori Parks • Young Jean Lee • Lynn Nottage • Amy Herzog • Ntozake Shange • Alice Tuan http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jan/11/is-2016-the-year-of-the-female-playwright Robert Wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zsd-K5aKyI Caremelita Tropicana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muJdvYN_QF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=813L3yWZYKg The America Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeE7xe_KgTA.