THEA 161B Black Women and Diasporic Theatrical Expression

Introduction to the landscape of playmaking, theatrical production, and interdisciplinary performance art by women in the African Diaspora/Black Women in the United States and beyond. Course includes close reading, analysis and discussion of play scripts, poetry, related theoretical and historical readings, film and theatrical/performance art presentations. Also includes exploration of individual student artistic practice. Themes explored include: Black women and feminism, ritual as performance, meditations on the lived experience(s), identities and cultural values of Black women in the diaspora. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. For enrollment details, please see the Class Notes section in the Schedule of Classes Class Search when the course is offered, or contact the instructor or the Theater Arts program for information.