On this page you will find talks I have delivered at academic conferences, articles that have been published in scholarly and popular journals, chapters that have appeared in various books, as well as unpublished papers and talks that were written as part of the training of teachers and political and performance activists in various contexts. 

It is, perhaps, a curious oeuvre reflecting, as it does, my work over the decades as a theatre historian, a progressive political activist, and an advocate for performance activism in general and for the work of the Castillo Theatre and the playwrights Fred Newman and Heiner Müller in particular.

To make it easier to find the article or topic you may be interested in exploring, I have divided the talks, papers and chapters into three categories:

    •    Cultural Politics, which contains writings on the intersection of culture and politics;
    •    Theatre History and Criticism, which includes writings about the Castillo Theatre, as well as the history of theatre and performance and their potentialities and limitations as forces for social change;
    •    Brecht, Müller and Newman, which focuses on the work of those three playwright/directors and the influence they have had on the Castillo Theatre and beyond.

These categories have been imposed in retrospect and therefore there is overlap of the topics, the concerns and the ideas articulated in the writings now separated by topic.

Within each category, the writings are arranged in reverse chronological order, that is, with the most recent at the top.  If you know the title of the writing you are looking for you can access it by entering it in the search line.

Those wanting to quote from any of these writings are welcome to do so, as long as the source is duly cited.  Those who wish to publish unpublished talks and articles are encouraged to do so, assuming you let me know.  Those who wish to republish published material need to seek permission from the original publisher.