Mary Pilger
From THEA435
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Research Topic
What it means to be queer in the theatre
Possible Questions
What roles do queer actors take and why?/ Why do straight actors play gay and how?
What is a queer theatre and who works in it?
What types of shows do queer directors take on and why?
What do queer playwrights write about?
How has HIV/AIDS altered the theatre?
In what ways has Queer theatre changed the world around it?
How do actors play roles of opposite sexual orientations? Is it truly possible to understand an orientation other than your own? Or is it similar to playing any character who is different than you?
Has being gay/straight ever held you back or advanced you in the theatre?
Is queer theatre done for the queer community or for the entire community?
What makes it queer drama?
What’s it mean to “play gay”? Socially? Theatrically?
What attracted you to the theatre?
Do you feel the theatre promotes "positive images of self"? (a positive image of self is a well rounded character or artist that accurately represents a group that you belong to in a positive manner).
Resources
NYC:
Nathan Lane
Second Stage Theatre
Cherry Jones
Paula Vogel
New York Theatre workshop & Drama Department
John Tartaglia
Natalie Joy Johnson (UMW alum)
Jess Johnston
Ann Pellegrini
Grace E. Ray
Lisa Hickman
DC:
Actors Theatre of Washington
Megan Haines
FRED:
Kevin
Gregg
PFLAG of Fredericksburg
Research Resources
The Advocate
Village Voice
Out
Time Out New York
American Theatre
Theatre Communications Group
