Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance

This book traces how manifestations of Latine self-determination in contemporary U.S. theatre and performance practices affirm the value of Latine life theatrical culture.

List of contents

Part 1: Latine Identities
1. Make Your Heart Your Face
Juliette Carrillo
2. Translating the Literal and Metaphorical Languages of Theatrical Make-believe
Guillermo Reyes
3. Down the Yellow Brick Road to Querencia: Brian Quijada's Somewhere Over the Border
Kristin Leahey
4. Laughter for Liberation: Latine Comedy in the U.S. American Theatre
Amelia Acosta Powell
5. Luisa Capetillo: A Beautiful Anarchy
Magdalena Gómez
6. A Good Light: Making the Most of Our Spotlights
Amparo Garcia-Crow
7. Ode to Identity
Daniel Jáquez
8. The Struggles and Successes of Building an Inclusive Arts/Activist Community on the Border
Samuel Valdez
9. Discussing Intersectionality of AfroLatinidad in Entertainment and Performance
Daphnie Sicre
10. Permission
Elaine Romero
Part 2: History/Presence
11. Latinx Presence in New York's Downtown Arts Scenes 1963-1975
Eric Meyer García
12. "Quinto Festival de Teatro Chicano- Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano: Un Continente, Una Cultura Por Un Teatro Libre y Para la Liberacion:" The Vision, the Plan, the Event
Alma Martinez
13. From Latin Cigar Factory Workers/Actors to Latine Pulitzers: Latine Theatre in Florida
Lillian Manzor
14. Latine Theatre in Florida
Lillian Manzor
15. La Rose: Broadway, 1906 and San Juan Bautista, 1981
Ricardo Ernesto Rocha
16. Fornésian Dreamscapes: Navigating Queer World-Making
Melody Contreras
17. Su Teatro: Original Sinners and Institution Builders
Anthony J. Garcia
18. Pregones/PRTT: Lighting the Spark - For the Love of Theatre
Rosalba Rolón
19. He Is the Man that I Am: Nightlife and Legacy in Marga Gomez's Latin Standards
Javier Luis Hurtado
20. "Why do we exist?" Theatre and Placemaking within Southern Arizona's Sonoran Heritage
Marc David Pinate
Part 3: Communities/ Next Generation
21. Creating a Path in Higher Education When There is None
Elizabeth C. Ramírez
22. Considering Diasporican Drama
Jon D. Rossini
23. Our Ritual, Our Process: A Conversation with Migdalia Cruz
Marissa Chibás
24. Topology and the Dramatic Writer
Georgina Escobar
25. Resisting Relapse: Positive Identity and Empowerment for Youth on the Frontera
Adriana Dominguez
26. The New Old Sound: A worksheet manifesto
Beto O'Byrne
27. Yana Wana: A Dramatic Call to Action for Indigenous Latinx Youth in Texas
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and María F. Rocha
28. The Stranger and the City: Theatre, Democracy, Inclusion
Ana Candida Carneiro
29. Articulating A Complete Life: The Queer Pastorelas of Teatro Alebrijes
Javier Luis Hurtado
Part 4: World Making
30. Mi Cuenta
Krysta Gonzales
31. Jornaleros: Art, Labor and Drama
Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez
32. Material Bodies and Object Vitality: Octavio Solis's Don Quixote and Quixote Nuevo
Carla Della Gatta
33. Racial Masquerade and Black Latinidades in Rachel Lynett's Black Mexican
Jade Power-Sotomayor
34. Tú eres mi otro yo: The Ecodramaturgy of José Cruz González
Theresa J. May
35. Dancing Migration: Trespassing, Borders, and Precarious Crossings in Silvana Cardell's Supper, People on the Move
Amelia Rose Estrada
36. Testimonio: Exploring the Latinx Weave in Theatre
Rose Cano
37. El Silencio: A Chicana Perspective on Contemporary Latinx Theatre and Performance as Testimonio
Elisa Gonzales
38. Erased or Stereotyped: Latine Bisexual Representation in the American Theatre
Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden
39. Sonic Resistance and Resilience in Teatro Luna's Talking While Female and Other Acts
Melissa Huerta
Part 5: Structures
40. The Orange and the Brick: A story about US Latine playwriting
Caridad Svich
41. Creating Opportunities: A Latinx Playwright's Journey
Diana Burbano
42. San Diego Rep Latinx New Play Festival
Maria Patrice Amon
43. Circles Rising: Latina Directors in Community
Estefanía Fadul
44. South Texas Playwrights
Jerry Ruiz
45. Latinx Theatre: The New Frontier
Henry Godinez
46. Crafting Culture on Chicago's Stages
Priscilla Maria Page
47. Familism at Work in Latine Theates
Olga Sanchez Saltveit
48. Latinx TikTok: Rasquache Theatre Goes Digitial
Trevor Boffone
49. The Graying of the Field: How I Survived the Transition from 'New Dramatist' to one Who Is No Longer New
Migdalia Cruz
50. A Play is a Poem Standing Up
Marisela Treviño Orta

About the author

Noe Montez is Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University, USA.
Olga Sanchez Saltveit is Assistant Professor of Theatre, Middlebury College, USA; the Co-Artistic and Producing Director, Dogteam Theatre Project; and Artistic Director Emerita, Milagro.

Product details

• Authors: Noe Saltveit Montez
• Assisted by: Noe Montez (Editor), Olga Sanchez Saltveit (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032134932
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213493-2
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: Routledge Companions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; USA, History, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, HISTORY / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Performance, Theatre Studies, United States of America, USA, Performance Art, Human Geography, Hispanic & Latino Studies, ART / American / Hispanic & Latino, Relating to Latin / Hispanic US American people