Gorilla Theater: A Practical Guide to Performing the New Outdoor Theater Anytime, Anywhere by Christopher Carter Sanderson
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Gorilla Theater
Summary
This title explains how theatre can be made to work in any free space. It provides specific and practical advice for any performer or director, and relates stories from the author's own Gorilla Rep experience that show what the most unorthodox of theatrical techniques can achieve.
Gorilla Theater Summary
Gorilla Theater Reviews
Christopher Sanderson is one of the nation's leading directors of environmental theater and Gorilla Theater reflects both his sound theoretical and broad practical knowledge of how to make good, vibrant theater under almost any conditions, anywhere. As such, it's a must read for those who want to take their shows outdoors, into the streets or to the masses. -- New York Times
When the early-'90s culture wars erupted and public arts funding became scarcer, Christopher Carter Sanderson took his theatre to the people by taking it outside for free. By eschewing the frippery of the playhouse, he pioneered a genuinely individualistic aesthetic that is now brilliantly codified and commented upon in Gorilla Theatre. This is both a practical, step-by-step Gorilla Theatre guide and an unabashed proclamation of artistic beliefs from a singular theatrical voice. -- Leonard Jacobs, Assoc. Editor, Theatre Critic, Back Stage
As founding artistic director of the Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company, Sanderson knows a thing or two about staging a play in Mother Nature's midst. Recommended for all libraries with active outdoor theater groups. -- Elizabeth Stifter, Brooklyn, NY, Library Journal
What Sanderson has fashioned in Gorilla Theatre is a training manual for replicating his own work with Gorilla Rep-he calls it a 'new form' of theatre. I hope readers will be inspired by his example and use the book as a tool to create still more 'new forms.'
. -- Erica Schmidt, American Theatre
About Christopher Carter Sanderson
Christopher Carter Sanderson is founding director of Gorilla Rep. He has taught drama at Princeton and Yale. He lives in New Haven, CT.
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Gorilla Theater: A Practical Guide to Performing the New Outdoor Theater Anytime, Anywhere by Christopher Carter Sanderson
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