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"I have worked to create a book that defines ethnodrama as a qualitative, arts-based research methodology and then outlines the steps I use in my process. Chapter 1 establishes ethnodrama as a qualitative, arts-based research method and identifies connections to other forms of qualitative research and styles of theatre. In Chapter 2, readers learn how to conceive and design a study that leverages the power of ethnodrama as an arts-based form while maintaining the rigor needed to legitimize the research within more traditionally-minded academic environments. Chapter 3 discusses ways to recruit interview participants for a data collection process and shares a template for an interviewing protocol that prioritizes the interview participant's experience first and foremost. Chapter 4 provides guidance for presenting interview data as transcripts and then coding those transcripts for recurring themes that answer the project's central research question(s). Chapters 5 and 6 shift to disseminating the findings via the ethnodramatic scripting process. Chapter 7 explores moving an ethnodramatic script into rehearsal and production as a piece of ethnotheatre. Chapter 8 concludes the book with a discussion of how to evaluate the research findings based on how audiences who experience the ethnodrama in performance respond to the presentation of the research findings, how participants in the data collection process react to the sharing of their stories via the ethnodrama, and what artists engaging in the creation and performance of the ethnodrama discover about the research findings"--
About the author
Joe Salvatore, MFA, is Clinical Professor of Educational Theatre at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (NYU), where he teaches courses in ethnodrama, verbatim performance, community-engaged theatre, and new play development. He also serves as Vice Chair for Academic Affairs for Steinhardt's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions. In 2017, Mr. Salvatore founded the Verbatim Performance Lab, which, under his direction, has created over 25 video and live performance projects and has facilitated outreach and education programs throughout the United States. He is a recipient of honors including the Johnny Saldaña Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award from NYU, the Teaching Excellence Award and the Champions of Equity Gender and Trans Justice Award from the Steinhardt School, and the Dedication to Education Award from the NYU LGBTQ Student Center. Mr. Salvatore is a cluster member of the University of British Columbia's Research-Based Theatre Collaborative, a collaborating faculty member with Arts & Health @ NYU, an advisory board member for Artists' Literacies Institute, an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.
