Black Acting Methods ─ Critical Approaches

Black Acting Methods seeks to offer an range of alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors of color find themselves working with. These approaches are rooted in a critical framework that allows afrocentric sensibilities and experiences to excite and invigorate approaches to creative scholarship. A wealth of contributions from Black-identifying directors, scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics, and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers, students, actors and directors seeking to reclaim, reaffirm or even redefine their Blackness through theatre arts.

Sharrell D. Luckett is Assistant Director of Theatre at California State University - Dominguez Hills, USA

Tina Shaffer Cowart teaches and directs theatre at South Atlanta High School, USA.