Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction DeRon S. Williams, Khalid Y. Long, and Martine Kei Green-Rogers
Part 1 Stage as a Site of Radical Possibilities
1 Sweat Equity: Lynn Nottage's Dramaturgy of Deindustrialization Jocelyn L. Buckner
2 "Those Songs Were More than Just": Spirituals, Queer Reckonings, and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy Isaiah Matthew Wooden
3 Trauma, Truth, and Turning the Lens: Black Theatre Artists and White Theatre Audiences Loretta L. C. Brady and Suzanne Delle

In the Trenches: A Conversation with Christina Anderson Interview Conducted by DeRon S. Williams
Part 2 Performance in the Making
4 Re-writing the Declaration: Healing in Theatre from a Black, Queer, Feminist Lens Quenna L. Barrett
5 ineffable Dramaturgies: Experiments in Black Queer and Trans Theatre s. e. callender
6 Reconsidering and Recasting John "Ray" Proctor
7 Reflecting on "The Work" of We Are the Canon: AntiRacist Theatre Pedagogy Workshops Maya Johnson, Daphnie Sicre, and Karl O'Brian Williams
In the Trenches: A Conversation with Donja R. Love Martine Kei Green-Rogers

Part 3 Performance and/as Protest
8 (W)Right of Way: Black Geographies and American Interstates Jenny Henderson
9 Honk for Justice Chicago Jocelyn Prince and Harvey Young
10 Grunt Work: Serena Williams' Black Sound Acts As Resistance Leticia Ridley
11 Black Squares, White Faces: Cancel Culture and Protest in the Age of Digital Blackface Aviva Helena Neff
In the Trenches: A Conversation with Willa J. Taylor Khalid Y. Long
Bibliography
Index