Theatre Journal
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More than 75 years of excellence in theatre, dance, and performance studies. Published by John Hopkins University Press and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Another slew of prizes for our authors, thanks to American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR) and the Peace History Society! Please read, teach, and cite these five brilliant articles!
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Another slew of prizes for our authors, thanks to American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR) and the Peace History Society! Please read, teach, and cite these five brilliant articles!
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I'm happy to share my latest article, "Magic of the Mundane: Exposing Occult Fraud in Early Modern Drama," published in @theatrejournal.bsky.social. Here's an interview I did discussing what the article is about.
K. Walker on "Magic of the Mundane"
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October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm happy to share my latest article, "Magic of the Mundane: Exposing Occult Fraud in Early Modern Drama," published in @theatrejournal.bsky.social. Here's an interview I did discussing what the article is about.
Check out this thoughtful conversation about Patrick McKelvey's recent Theatre Journal article, "“Honest Work Done By Honest Dogs”: Canine Unemployment, Interspecies Rehabilitation, and Disability Performance!
Thrilled that my Theatre Journal essay on guide dogs and rehabilitation performance cultures is the subject of the first segment on the latest episode of On TAP! Many thanks for the hosts for taking the time to read and discuss this weird essay.
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On Tap: A Theatre & Performance Studies Podcast
This podcast looks at topics of current interest to professors and graduate students in the academic field of theatre and performance studies, including new ideas, theories, scholarly methodologies, t...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Check out this thoughtful conversation about Patrick McKelvey's recent Theatre Journal article, "“Honest Work Done By Honest Dogs”: Canine Unemployment, Interspecies Rehabilitation, and Disability Performance!
Join the team at Theatre Journal! We are seeking two new colleagues, an Online Editor and a Performance Review Editor. Please share widely and consider applying! Don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Join the team at Theatre Journal! We are seeking two new colleagues, an Online Editor and a Performance Review Editor. Please share widely and consider applying! Don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
More prizes for TJ authors! Please read and cite these four wonderful articles!
July 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
More prizes for TJ authors! Please read and cite these four wonderful articles!
Congrats to Rhaisa Williams for ATHE's Outstanding Article prize for “Grief Capital, Grief Activism: The Brief Life of Mamie Till Bradley's NAACP Tour" (TJ, Dec '24)! Online editor Tarryn Li-Min Chun and Assoc Editor Bethany Hughes also received accolades. Congrats, all!
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ATHE 2025 Outstanding Article Awardees - Association for Theatre in Higher Education
ATHE’s Award for Outstanding Article in a journal acknowledges scholarship marked by methodological sophistication, complex and critical engagement with dramatic texts and performances, focused inquiries, and possible directions for future scholarship.
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July 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Congrats to Rhaisa Williams for ATHE's Outstanding Article prize for “Grief Capital, Grief Activism: The Brief Life of Mamie Till Bradley's NAACP Tour" (TJ, Dec '24)! Online editor Tarryn Li-Min Chun and Assoc Editor Bethany Hughes also received accolades. Congrats, all!
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Read @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social's "'Honest Work Done by Honest Dogs': Canine Unemployment, Interspecies Rehabilitation, and Disability Performance"
Now available in the new issue of @theatrejournal.bsky.social via @projectmuse.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/article/962833
Now available in the new issue of @theatrejournal.bsky.social via @projectmuse.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/article/962833
June 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Read @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social's "'Honest Work Done by Honest Dogs': Canine Unemployment, Interspecies Rehabilitation, and Disability Performance"
Now available in the new issue of @theatrejournal.bsky.social via @projectmuse.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/article/962833
Now available in the new issue of @theatrejournal.bsky.social via @projectmuse.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/article/962833
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As an accompaniment to my recent essay on Alice Childress and "Trouble in Mind," I wrote a blog post on Theatre Journal online that discusses some of its inner workings.
In particular, I examine the prevailing narrative about this play in juxtaposition to its (very small!) visual archive.
In particular, I examine the prevailing narrative about this play in juxtaposition to its (very small!) visual archive.
June 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
As an accompaniment to my recent essay on Alice Childress and "Trouble in Mind," I wrote a blog post on Theatre Journal online that discusses some of its inner workings.
In particular, I examine the prevailing narrative about this play in juxtaposition to its (very small!) visual archive.
In particular, I examine the prevailing narrative about this play in juxtaposition to its (very small!) visual archive.
For your summer reading . . . TJ's June issue is out! Articles by Patrick McKelvey, Rebecca Chaleff, Shea Hwang, and Kellen Hoxworth speak collectively to the intricacies of minoritarian worldmaking. Print issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55030
Open access content: www.jhuptheatre.org/.../volume-7...
Open access content: www.jhuptheatre.org/.../volume-7...
July 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For your summer reading . . . TJ's June issue is out! Articles by Patrick McKelvey, Rebecca Chaleff, Shea Hwang, and Kellen Hoxworth speak collectively to the intricacies of minoritarian worldmaking. Print issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55030
Open access content: www.jhuptheatre.org/.../volume-7...
Open access content: www.jhuptheatre.org/.../volume-7...
Theatre Journal seeks submissions for its 2026 special issues on "Institutionality" (edited by incoming editor Ariel Nereson) and "Staying Put" (edited by incoming coeditor Christina Baker). Ariel and Christina welcome your inquiries! www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-jour...
Call for Papers | JHUP Theatre
Check out the following calls for papers for our 2025 issues on "Magic" (deadline Dec. 1, 2023) and "The Transnational Erotic" (deadline Feb. 1, 2025).
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May 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Theatre Journal seeks submissions for its 2026 special issues on "Institutionality" (edited by incoming editor Ariel Nereson) and "Staying Put" (edited by incoming coeditor Christina Baker). Ariel and Christina welcome your inquiries! www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-jour...
Thrilled to share the official ATHE announcement that Christina Baker has been appointed the incoming coeditor of Theatre Journal! Welcome, Christina! www.athe.org/news/700764/...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thrilled to share the official ATHE announcement that Christina Baker has been appointed the incoming coeditor of Theatre Journal! Welcome, Christina! www.athe.org/news/700764/...
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Megan Lewis has reviewed Transoceanic Blackface in Theatre Journal. She writes: “[Hoxworth’s] degree of detail and excellent footnotes are models of historical performance research.”
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Megan Lewis has reviewed Transoceanic Blackface in Theatre Journal. She writes: “[Hoxworth’s] degree of detail and excellent footnotes are models of historical performance research.”
TJ's March issue is out! Essays by Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay, Ivan Bujan, Carla Neuss, and Marlis Schweitzer, plus a special online section on the work of Jill Dolan. Online content: www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-journal/online-content/issue/volume-77-issue-1-march-2025, full issue muse.jhu.edu/issue/54598
April 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
TJ's March issue is out! Essays by Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay, Ivan Bujan, Carla Neuss, and Marlis Schweitzer, plus a special online section on the work of Jill Dolan. Online content: www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-journal/online-content/issue/volume-77-issue-1-march-2025, full issue muse.jhu.edu/issue/54598
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My review of State of the Arts by Jonas Tinius is out in Theatre Journal: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl.... Tinius offers an example of how theatre can be studied anthropologically.
Project MUSE - <i>State of The Arts: An Ethnography of German Theatre and Migration</i> by Jonas Tinius (review)
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April 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My review of State of the Arts by Jonas Tinius is out in Theatre Journal: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl.... Tinius offers an example of how theatre can be studied anthropologically.
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論文 トルコ独立戦争期の少年劇団における軍国主義とトルコ化（キャーズム・カラベキルの試み）
Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay. "Remembering the Army of Robust Children in the Age of the Utopian Turn: Militarism and Turkification in Late Ottoman Youth Theatre." Theatre Journal 77, no. 1, March 2025. otmn
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Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay. "Remembering the Army of Robust Children in the Age of the Utopian Turn: Militarism and Turkification in Late Ottoman Youth Theatre." Theatre Journal 77, no. 1, March 2025. otmn
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Project MUSE - Remembering the Army of Robust Children in the Age of the Utopian Turn: Militarism and Turkification in Late Ottoman Youth Theatre
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April 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
論文 トルコ独立戦争期の少年劇団における軍国主義とトルコ化（キャーズム・カラベキルの試み）
Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay. "Remembering the Army of Robust Children in the Age of the Utopian Turn: Militarism and Turkification in Late Ottoman Youth Theatre." Theatre Journal 77, no. 1, March 2025. otmn
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay. "Remembering the Army of Robust Children in the Age of the Utopian Turn: Militarism and Turkification in Late Ottoman Youth Theatre." Theatre Journal 77, no. 1, March 2025. otmn
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Delighted to see Rhaisa Williams's recent TJ essay, "Grief Capital, Grief Activism: The Brief Life of Mamie Till Bradley's NAACP Tours," already attracting attention!
On episode 078, we talk about Rhaisa Williams' essay on Mamie Till Bradley and "grief capital," the Trump administration's attempts to reshape federal arts funding, and the documentary about Taylor Mac's 24-decade History of Popular Music...
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On TAP 078
Pannill, Jordan, and Leticia discuss Rhaisa Williams' new article about Mamie Till Bradley's NAACP tour and
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March 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Delighted to see Rhaisa Williams's recent TJ essay, "Grief Capital, Grief Activism: The Brief Life of Mamie Till Bradley's NAACP Tours," already attracting attention!
TJ's special issue on Care, Carework, and Performance is out! Essays by Rhaisa Williams, Bethany Hughes, Alisha Ibkar, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Sung-Min Kim, and Elizabeth Son. Visit www.jhuptheatre.org/.../volume-7.... for interviews, a manifesto, and more! Entire issue at muse.jhu.edu/issue/54175
February 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
TJ's special issue on Care, Carework, and Performance is out! Essays by Rhaisa Williams, Bethany Hughes, Alisha Ibkar, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Sung-Min Kim, and Elizabeth Son. Visit www.jhuptheatre.org/.../volume-7.... for interviews, a manifesto, and more! Entire issue at muse.jhu.edu/issue/54175
Ten days left to apply to becoming Theatre Journal's next coeditor! Don't hesitate to reach out with questions, large or small www.athe.org/news/688552/...
Call for new Coeditor of THEATRE JOURNAL - Association for Theatre in Higher Education
We are soliciting applications to fill a position to join the leadership teams of ATHE’s peer-reviewed journal, Theatre Journal. Apply by January 17, 2025.ATHE’s journals advance the association’s mission, credentials, and prominence in higher education in addition to promoting theatre studies scholarship to an international readership. The calls, posted below, provide information about the editors’ job responsibilities and details for submitting.Potential applicants should address their qualifications for filling these responsibilities and contributing to ATHE’s commitment to become an anti-racist organization. Those with questions about the positions and work involved are encouraged to contact the current editors; for general questions about the application process, contact the Vice President for Research and Publications, Kristin Leahey.
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January 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ten days left to apply to becoming Theatre Journal's next coeditor! Don't hesitate to reach out with questions, large or small www.athe.org/news/688552/...
Apply to be a coeditor of Theatre Journal! Applications due January 17 www.athe.org/news/688552/...
Call for new Coeditor of THEATRE JOURNAL - Association for Theatre in Higher Education
We are soliciting applications to fill a position to join the leadership teams of ATHE’s peer-reviewed journal, Theatre Journal. Apply by January 17, 2025.ATHE’s journals advance the association’s mission, credentials, and prominence in higher education in addition to promoting theatre studies scholarship to an international readership. The calls, posted below, provide information about the editors’ job responsibilities and details for submitting.Potential applicants should address their qualifications for filling these responsibilities and contributing to ATHE’s commitment to become an anti-racist organization. Those with questions about the positions and work involved are encouraged to contact the current editors; for general questions about the application process, contact the Vice President for Research and Publications, Kristin Leahey.
www.athe.org
December 6, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Apply to be a coeditor of Theatre Journal! Applications due January 17 www.athe.org/news/688552/...
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I saw two challenging plays that I couldn't get out of my head and I knew I had to write about them. The resulting article just came out in the latest Theatre Journal:
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Project MUSE - "It Feels Like Being in Jail All Over Again": Staging the Criminalized Liminality of Sex Offenders
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November 24, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I saw two challenging plays that I couldn't get out of my head and I knew I had to write about them. The resulting article just came out in the latest Theatre Journal:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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TJ's special issue of “Abolition and Performance” is now out! Edited by Ariel Nereson, it features six powerful essays and a wealth of online content curated by Tarryn Li-Min Chun. Full issue at muse-jhu-edu.dartmouth.idm.oclc.org/issue/53728; online content at www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-jour....
December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
TJ's special issue of “Abolition and Performance” is now out! Edited by Ariel Nereson, it features six powerful essays and a wealth of online content curated by Tarryn Li-Min Chun. Full issue at muse-jhu-edu.dartmouth.idm.oclc.org/issue/53728; online content at www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-jour....
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Thrilled that my monograph, Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater, was reviewed by Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez for @theatrejournal.bsky.social. My book is open-access and free to download. #theatre #theatresky #academicsky #TheatreBSKY
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Project MUSE - <i>Latinx Shakespeares: Staging U.S. Intracultural Theater</i> by Carla Della Gatta (review)
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December 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Thrilled that my monograph, Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater, was reviewed by Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez for @theatrejournal.bsky.social. My book is open-access and free to download. #theatre #theatresky #academicsky #TheatreBSKY
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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Please read and check out my new article in Theatre Journal, whereby I put forth my concept of Black theatrical geographies in conversation with Katherine McKittrick and Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:50 PM
NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Please read and check out my new article in Theatre Journal, whereby I put forth my concept of Black theatrical geographies in conversation with Katherine McKittrick and Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
DM if you don’t have access and would like me to email you a copy!
DM if you don’t have access and would like me to email you a copy!
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Check out the special issue of Theatre Journal on Abolition & Performance. My article “Abolitionist Laughter: The Joint Movement to #stopcopcity” examines the use of humor in the June 5 2023 ATL city council meeting as an ecocritical strategy of refusal and repair
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November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Check out the special issue of Theatre Journal on Abolition & Performance. My article “Abolitionist Laughter: The Joint Movement to #stopcopcity” examines the use of humor in the June 5 2023 ATL city council meeting as an ecocritical strategy of refusal and repair
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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