New Playwriting Strategies

offers a fresh and dynamic approach to playwriting that will be welcomed by teachers and aspiring playwrights alike.

About the Author

Paul C. Castagno is Professor of Theatre at UNC-Wilmington where he served as founding chair of the Department of Theatre. He formerly served as Director and Head of M.A. Programs of the School of Theater at Ohio University, and headed the MFA Playwriting/Dramaturgy Programs at University of Alabama. He teaches playwriting, dramatic literature and directs, and has published books and/or articles on playwriting and commedia dell'arte.

Reviews

"Unique in its genre...goes far beyond [a] useful study...recommended enthusiastically..." -- Choice
"New Playwriting Strategies is a lively dramaturgical gesture that not only blows cobwebs off the existing contemporary notions of what constitutes a stageplay, but also chronicles the seismic shift in playwriting over the past two decades in the United States. This language-based approach to playwriting offers a rigorous collection of writing exercises that will challenge playwrights at a formative and advanced stage to discover new creative strategies and forms for theatrical expression." -- Mark Bly, Chair of the Playwriting Program, Yale School of Drama
"The new school of playwriting needs a new poetics, and Paul Castagno provides it in New Playwriting Strategies,a text that is lucid, intelligent, and, above all,practical. He offers an insightful analysis of the workof today's most inventive dramatists, creates a criticalvocabulary to illuminate their work, and provides clearand fun excercises. Truly an indespensable book--notjust for playwrights, but directors, designers, andcritics, as well." -- David Rush, author of Police DeafNear Far and Head of Playwriting, Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale
"The new school of playwriting needs a new poetics, and Paul Castagno provides it in New Playwriting Strategies,a text that is lucid, intelligent, and, above all,practical. He offers an insightful analysis of the workof today's most inventive dramatists, creates a criticalvocabulary to illuminate their work, and provides clearand fun excercises. Truly an indispensable book--notjust for playwrights, but directors, designers, andcritics, as well." -- David Rush, author of Police DeafNear Far and Head of Playwriting, Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale

Book Information
ISBN 9780878301362
Author Paul C. Castagno
Format Paperback
Page Count 198
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 370g