The Grotowski Sourcebook (Worlds of Performance)

Richard Schechner is a pioneer of performance studies. A scholar, theatre director, editor, and playwright, he is University Professor of Performance Studies Emeritus at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and Editor of TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies. Among his many books are Environmental Theater (1973), The End of Humanism show more (1982), Performance Theory (2003), Between Theater and Anthropology (1985), The Future of Ritual (1993), Over, Under, and Around: Essays on Performance and Culture (2004), and Performed Imaginaries (2015). His books and essays have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the general editor of the Worlds of Performance series, and the Enactments series. He founded The Performance Group, East Coast Artists, and East End Players and was a co-producing director of the Free Southern Theater and the New Orleans Group. He has directed theatre, led performance workshops, and lectured in the USA, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Sarah Lucie is a Ph.D. candidate in Theater and Performance at the CUNY Graduate Center with an MA in Performance Studies from New York University. Her writing appears in The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics, PAJ, Puppetry International, and e-misfrica. She also works as Assistant Editor for TDR and General Manager of East Coast Artists. show less