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Digital Theatre

The Making and Meaning of Live Mediated Performance, US & UK 1990-2020

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Authors:
  1. Nadja Masura

    1. Santa Rosa, USA

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  • Explores the ways in which Digital Theatre shapes and redefines traditional theatre expectations and roles
  • Asks why, rather than how, we want to try to tell stories using the technology available to us
  • Analyses past works and provides seeds of inspiration for new works by posing theoretical ideas and questions

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology (PSPT)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Nadja Masura
    Pages 1-13

  3. Spectacle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Scenography

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 17-39

    3. The Theater Building/Place

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 41-77

    4. Costuming

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 79-95

  4. Acting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Actor (Agency)

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 99-120

    3. The ‘Other’ Actor

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 121-154

  5. Creative Authority & Authorship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Director/Dramaturg (Creative Authority)

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 157-182

    3. Writer and Audience (Authorship)

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 183-199

  6. Theorizing Digital Theatre

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Theorizing Body/Place: The Agency of the Digital Performer and the Body as Place

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 203-231

    3. Theorizing Place/Community: Issues of Access and Performativity

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 233-254

    4. Digital Theatre in Action: The Builder’s Association

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 255-276

    5. Conclusion

      • Nadja Masura
      Pages 277-287

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 289-295
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About this book

Digital Theatre is a rich and varied art form evolving between performing bodies gathered together in shared space and the ever-expanding flexible reach of the digital technology that shapes our world. This book explores live theatre performances which incorporate video projection, animation, motion capture and triggering, telematics and multisite performance, robotics, VR, and AR. Through examples from practitioners like George Coates, the Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre, Troika Ranch, David Saltz, Mark Reaney, The Builder’s Association, and ArtGrid, a picture emerges of how and why digital technology can be used to effectively create theatre productions matching the storytelling and expressive needs of today’s artists and audiences. It also examines how theatre roles such as director, actor, playwright, costumes, and set are altered, and how ideas of body, place, and community are expanded. 

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“This book is a valuable addition to anglophone literature on theatre and the performing arts, new media, and the digital paradigm. It certainly enriches the knowledge base of the field of arts and humanities. Its refinement would only allow it to shine brighter to the advantage of scholars, practitioners, and students, who I am sure, will relish its timely contribution to the currently embattled art of the theatre.” (Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou, European Journal of American Studies, Issue 1, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Santa Rosa, USA

    Nadja Masura

About the author

Nadja Masura is a former MITH Fellow with degrees in Theatre from University of Maryland, Michigan, & Puget Sound, USA.  She also holds degrees in Multimedia Authoring & Integration and Graphics Design. Nadja is a director, dramaturg, and artist and has worked in arts NPOs and the tech industry.

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