Actor, character, and the political in Nola Chilton's documentary theatre

Shulamith Lev-Aladgem*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This article focuses on the unique documentary theatre of Nola Chilton, an American-born theatre director and acting educator in Israel. It first presents Chilton's early personal and professional biography in New York from which her actor-based documentary theatre developed. It then discusses the circular trajectory of Chilton's dynamic model of documentary theatre in Israel, focusing on several key performances. Finally, it introduces Chilton's recent reduced documentary theatre with its bare acting, as developed and produced at Tel Aviv University.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)548-562
Number of pages15
JournalResearch in Drama Education
Volume23
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Documentary theatre
  • alternative theatre
  • bare acting
  • social commitment

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