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Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality addresses a history of stereotyping and provides inclusive approaches to navigating gender and sexuality in a way that does not reduce the broad spectrum of LGBTQIA+ communities into a single monolith.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. Should I
Part 1: Unlocking the Mind 3. Inventory of Choice 4. Performing Beyond the Binary
Part 2: Expanding the Heart 5. The (Ab)Normal Heart - (Classwork, Dramaturgy, Research) 6. Let's Talk About Sex, Baby
Part 3: Choreographing Gender and Sexuality 7. Gender Affirming Movement 8. Embodying the Binary 9. Queering the Body
Part 4: Codeswitching Gender and Sexuality 10. Owning Your Voice 11. Binary Dialects 12. Queering the Voice
Part 5: Putting it Together 13. You've Been Cast, Now What?
About the author
Adi Cabral (they/ them) is the Associate Professor of Voice
and Movement in the Department of Theatre and Dance at
the University of Nevada, Reno, and works professionally
as a Dialect Coach, Intimacy Professional, and Audiobook
Narrator. Their professional credits include productions at
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Alliance
Theatre, Houston Stages, Theatre Squared, Utah Shakespeare
Festival, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, New Repertory Theatre, Mildred's
Umbrella Theatre Company, Stage Q, New Hazlett Theater,
Hangar Theatre Company, Central Square Theatre, Edinburgh
Fringe Festival, and Darlinghurst Theatre. Their research and
publications focus on cultural competency in performance
training with a focus on Spanish accents and queer inclusivity.
They are a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-
Thompson Speechwork, a Reiki Master, and a proud member
of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and SAGAFTRA.
For more information, visit www.AdiCabral.com.
Summary
Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality addresses a history of stereotyping and provides inclusive approaches to navigating gender and sexuality in a way that does not reduce the broad spectrum of LGBTQIA+ communities into a single monolith.
