1st Edition

Milestones in Queer US Theatre

Edited By Dennis Sloan Copyright 2025
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

This introduction to queer theatre and performance in the United States explores the pioneering artists that have shaped this ever-changing field across the past two centuries, through ten key moments and movements. Designed for weekly use in queer and LGBTQ+ theatre courses, the ten chosen milestones move chronologically from nineteenth century shifts in the understanding of homosexuality... Read more

Introduction

Dennis Sloan

 

1. The Invention of the Homosexual

Bess Rowen

 

2. Black Queerness in the Harlem Renaissance

Khalid Y. Long

 

3. Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movements

Vanessa Marie Campagna

 

4. The Queer Avant-Garde

Benjamin Gillespie and Kelly I. Aliano

 

5. Lesbian and Feminist Performance in the 1980s and 1990s

Angela K. Ahlgren and Jessica Del Vecchio

 

6. The Broadway Musical

Michelle Dvoskin

 

7. HIV/AIDS Activism

Tom Fish

 

8. The Rise of Intersectionality and Queer of Color Critique

Jasmine Mahmoud and Dennis Sloan

 

9. Trans Inclusion, Gender Expansion, and the New Queer Theatre

Jo Michael Rezes

 

10. The Twenty-First Century

Adin Walker

 

Glossary

Timeline

Biography

Dennis Sloan is Assistant Professor of Theatre at DePauw University, USA. His research focuses on queer theatre, Latinx Theatre, and the history of actor training. His work has appeared in New England Theatre Journal and Theatre History Studies. He is active in the American Society for Theatre Research and the Mid-America Theatre Conference.