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PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation (June 2024)
From escape rooms to TikTok to Tim Horton’s “Roll Up the Rim to Win” to DIY everything, participatory performance is ingrained in the very fabric of our contemporary society. Written in a series of alphabetical, standalone mini essays that activate the reader as a participant who chooses their own path, PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation collects, describes, and analyzes live performances in which the audience become participants in the piece itself. Jenn Stephenson and Mariah Horner explore the parallels between participatory theatre and the interactive phenomenon where the passive consumer is now engaging with their content. In a world where participation is key to our social interaction, Stephenson and Horner find a unique approach to understanding our relationship with theatre, and by extension, each other. |
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Canadian Theatre Review 197: Participation (Winter 2024)
Featuring artist-creators and scholar-researchers of participatory performance, Mariah and Jenn are the co-editors of CTR197: Participation. Canadian Theatre Review is a quarterly magazine, publishing critical analysis and coverage of current theatre developments, expanding the practice of criticism in Canadian theatre. It is published by the University of Toronto Press and is available in print and online. |
Reviews
Sarfeld, Haley. "Getting Real with ‘Play: Dramaturgies of Participation." Kingston Theatre Alliance. Spring 2024. kingstontheatre.ca/getting-real-with-play-dramaturgies-of-participation/
Articles
Stephenson, Jenn. "'Are you my mother?': The Promise of Mother-Child Relationality in Participatory Immersive Role-Play." Rethinking Motherhood. Edited by Sheila Rabillard and Karen Bamford (McGill-Queen's UP, forthcoming 2025)
Stephenson, Jenn and Derek Manderson, “Herd Dramaturgies: Participatory Audience as Proto-Society in asses.masses,” Theater 55, no. 3 (forthcoming October 2024).
Horner, Mariah. “Participating in the Age of Pandemic." Canadian Theatre Review 186. Spring 2021. ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/ctr.186.006
Hutchinson-Poyntz, Hamish. "Emergence in Participatory Theatre." Queen's Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships. Summer 2021. sdm.queensu.ca/emergence-participatory-theatre
Pittini, Jacob and Mariah Horner. “On Being a Walking Body: Dramaturgies of Participatory Pandemic Theatre.” Canadian Theatre Review 189. Summer 2022. doi.org/10.3138/ctr.189.015
Stephenson, Jenn. “‘Who Cares?’: The Neoliberal Problem of Performing Care in Immersive and Participatory Play.” Contemporary Theatre Review, 32.1, Routledge, 2022, p. 91–100 doi.org/10.1080/10486801.2021.2007900
Stephenson, Jenn. “Autobiography in the Audience: Emergent Dramaturgies of Loss in Lost Together and Foreign Radical.” Theatre Research in Canada, 43.1. Winter 2022, p. 81-95 doi.org/10.3138/tric.43.1.a04
Stephenson, Jenn. “Assembling the Audience-Citizen (Or, should each person be responsible for their own paté?).” Performance Matters 5.2. Summer 2019 performancematters-thejournal.com/index.php/pm/article/view/243
Manderson, Derek. "The Guide: An Emerging Role in Participatory Theatre." Queen's Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships. Fall 2019. doi.org/10.24908/iqurcp.14059
Stephenson, Jenn and Derek Manderson, “Herd Dramaturgies: Participatory Audience as Proto-Society in asses.masses,” Theater 55, no. 3 (forthcoming October 2024).
Horner, Mariah. “Participating in the Age of Pandemic." Canadian Theatre Review 186. Spring 2021. ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/ctr.186.006
Hutchinson-Poyntz, Hamish. "Emergence in Participatory Theatre." Queen's Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships. Summer 2021. sdm.queensu.ca/emergence-participatory-theatre
Pittini, Jacob and Mariah Horner. “On Being a Walking Body: Dramaturgies of Participatory Pandemic Theatre.” Canadian Theatre Review 189. Summer 2022. doi.org/10.3138/ctr.189.015
Stephenson, Jenn. “‘Who Cares?’: The Neoliberal Problem of Performing Care in Immersive and Participatory Play.” Contemporary Theatre Review, 32.1, Routledge, 2022, p. 91–100 doi.org/10.1080/10486801.2021.2007900
Stephenson, Jenn. “Autobiography in the Audience: Emergent Dramaturgies of Loss in Lost Together and Foreign Radical.” Theatre Research in Canada, 43.1. Winter 2022, p. 81-95 doi.org/10.3138/tric.43.1.a04
Stephenson, Jenn. “Assembling the Audience-Citizen (Or, should each person be responsible for their own paté?).” Performance Matters 5.2. Summer 2019 performancematters-thejournal.com/index.php/pm/article/view/243
Manderson, Derek. "The Guide: An Emerging Role in Participatory Theatre." Queen's Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships. Fall 2019. doi.org/10.24908/iqurcp.14059
Conference Presentations
Stephenson, Jenn. "Wheeeee!”: Emergent Social Relations in Marathon Durational Audience Participation." Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Montreal, QC. May 2024.
Stephenson, Jenn. "Dramaturgies of Domesticity: Participatory Performances at Home." Reinventing the Stage Symposium, UQAM, Montreal QC, June 2023.
Stephenson, Jenn. "Dramaturgies of Domesticity: Participatory Performances at Home." Reinventing the Stage Symposium, UQAM, Montreal QC, June 2023.
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Stephenson, Jenn. "Invited Talk: Pandemic Theatre in Canada” Beijing Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China, 13 March 2023.
Stephenson, Jenn. "Invited Talk: Pandemic Theatre in Canada” Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Hangzhou, China, 16 March 2023. Stephenson, Jenn. "Invited Talk: Pandemic Theatre in Canada” Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China, 18 March 2023. |
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Stephenson, Jenn with Mariah Horner. "Decolonial Improvisations in Hybrid Theatre-Game Play in Re:Current Theatre’s New Societies" The Canadian Game Studies Association, Montreal, QC: Online, May 2022.
Horner, Mariah. “Dreaming in Action in Sebastien Heins’ The Itinerary: A Playtest” Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Stephenson, Jenn. "A Recipe for Asynchronous Togetherness by Mail in Amanda Sum’s New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert. A Lo-Fi Listen"Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online. May 2022.
Hutchison-Poyntz, Hamish. "Emergent Objects: Worktable and the Constructive Agency of Theatrical Generation" Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Tooley, Mary. "Righting a Wrong: The Experience of a Killjoy in Participatory" Presentation at Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022
Horner, Mariah. "Durational Intimacy: Time as Adhesive in Lilith and Cie's Invisible" Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Stephenson, Jenn. "Intimacy of the Indeterminate: An Erotics of Imagination in Epistolary” Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Manderson, Derek. "Cooperative Dramaturgical Structures" Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Horner, Mariah and Jenn Stephenson. "Pandemic Participatory Theatre Beyond Zoom" Dan School of Drama and Music Research Colloquium, Queen's University, November 2021.
Pittini, Jacob. "Bodies Out of Time: Crafting a Theory of Temporal Embodiment in Participatory Performance Events." Inquiry@Queens. February 2021. doi.org/10.24908/iqurcp.14702
Scott, Hailey. “Psychological Dangers in Participatory Theatre" Inquiry@Queens, Queen's University: Online, February 2021.
*winner of the Inquiry@Queen's CFRC Paper Prize. Listen to an interview with Hailey on CFRC here.
Stephenson, Jenn. “play/PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation” Presentation at the Arts, Culture and Digital Transformation Summit. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Banff, Canada. November 2020
Horner, Mariah. “Dreaming in Action in Sebastien Heins’ The Itinerary: A Playtest” Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Stephenson, Jenn. "A Recipe for Asynchronous Togetherness by Mail in Amanda Sum’s New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert. A Lo-Fi Listen"Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online. May 2022.
Hutchison-Poyntz, Hamish. "Emergent Objects: Worktable and the Constructive Agency of Theatrical Generation" Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Tooley, Mary. "Righting a Wrong: The Experience of a Killjoy in Participatory" Presentation at Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022
Horner, Mariah. "Durational Intimacy: Time as Adhesive in Lilith and Cie's Invisible" Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Stephenson, Jenn. "Intimacy of the Indeterminate: An Erotics of Imagination in Epistolary” Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Manderson, Derek. "Cooperative Dramaturgical Structures" Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Horner, Mariah and Jenn Stephenson. "Pandemic Participatory Theatre Beyond Zoom" Dan School of Drama and Music Research Colloquium, Queen's University, November 2021.
Pittini, Jacob. "Bodies Out of Time: Crafting a Theory of Temporal Embodiment in Participatory Performance Events." Inquiry@Queens. February 2021. doi.org/10.24908/iqurcp.14702
Scott, Hailey. “Psychological Dangers in Participatory Theatre" Inquiry@Queens, Queen's University: Online, February 2021.
*winner of the Inquiry@Queen's CFRC Paper Prize. Listen to an interview with Hailey on CFRC here.
Stephenson, Jenn. “play/PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation” Presentation at the Arts, Culture and Digital Transformation Summit. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Banff, Canada. November 2020
Presentation Archive
Horner, Mariah and Jenn Stephenson. "videoconversation: video documentation and participatory performance." Interview with Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn, videocan.ca, vimeo.com/769735724/aa1b62b075?share=copy
Manderson, Derek. "Cooperative Dramaturgical Structures" Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Stephenson, Jenn. "Intimacy of the Indeterminate: An Erotics of Imagination in Epistolary” Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Horner, Mariah. "Durational Intimacy: Time as Adhesive in Lilith and Cie's Invisible" Reimagining Intimacy, University of Calgary: Online, December 2022.
Tooley, Mary. "Righting a Wrong: The Experience of a Killjoy in Participatory" Presentation at Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Stephenson, Jenn. "A Recipe for Asynchronous Togetherness by Mail in Amanda Sum’s New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert. A Lo-Fi Listen" Presentation at Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference. St Thomas University: Online. May 2022.
Horner, Mariah. “Dreaming in Action in Sebastien Heins’ The Itinerary: A Playtest” Presentation at Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Hutchison-Poyntz, Hamish. "Emergent Objects: Worktable and the Constructive Agency of Theatrical Generation" Presentation at Canadian Association of Theatre Research in Canada Conference, St Thomas University: Online, May 2022.
Audio Archival from "Decolonial Improvisations in Hybrid Theatre-Game Play in Re:Current Theatre’s New Societies" by Jenn Stephenson and Mariah Horner at the Canadian Game Studies Association in May 2022 | click here for typed transcript
Horner, Mariah and Jenn Stephenson. "Pandemic Participatory Theatre Beyond Zoom" Presentation at the Dan Schoolv of Drama and Music Research Colloquium in November 2021. * this video was filmed live on 12 November
Pittini, Jacob. "The Transformative Power of Embodiment" Inquiry@Queens. February 2021.
Scott, Hailey. “Psychological Dangers in Participatory Theatre" Presentation at Inquiry@Queens. February 2021.
Pittini, Jacob. "Bodies Out of Time: Crafting a Theory of Temporal Embodiment in Participatory Performance Events." Inquiry@Queens. February 2021. doi.org/10.24908/iqurcp.14702
Stephenson, Jenn. “play/PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation” Presentation at the Arts, Culture and Digital Transformation Summit. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Banff, Canada. February 2019.
