Conflict, Theatrical Production, and Pedagogy: It’s Just a Play

• In Event: Contributed Papers in Performance Studies

Abstract

Conflict generated in theatre productions in university theatre departments is unique to its context. Examining such conflict and the behaviours used to engage it, we consider what alternate ‘performances’ might be available to handle conflict effectively and wholly. We wonder what fully communal performances and discourses of experience are possible? Using metaphor and concepts of the rhizomatic story we examine conflict issues generated in actual student production contexts.

Authors

• Diana Denton, Univ of Waterloo

• Steve Ryder, York University