THET110NotesNovember 14, 2012Black Arts Movement- Black consciousness- Separatism and revolutionary action- New aesthetics and innovations in form and structure- By 1970 there are 125 black theater companies- August Wilson and “The Pittsburgh Cycle”o Project was to write a play about the African American experience in each decade of the 20th centuryFeminist- Susan Glaspello Journalist/novelisto Cofounder of Provincetown playerso Influenced by socialism and women’s rights Member of heterodoxy in Greenwich villageWe Can Do It- WWII – women enter the workforce in record numbers- Return to renewed domesticitySecond Wave Feminism- Goals- End discrimination and violence towards women- Access to safe/legal contraception andabortion- Rethink women’s roles as daughters, wives, mothers- Recognize women’s historical and academic contributions- Strategies- Consciousness raising- Regulation- Formal Education- Direct political actionImpact on Theater- Canon is revisited- Wider visibility of women, playwrights, directors, producers, designers- Richer roles for womenThe Heidi Chronicles- Wendy Wasserstein- Success defined differently for men and women - Family essential but traditional models do not work- Respect choices women make about the direction of their
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