{"product_id":"makeshift-chicago-stages-9780810143814","title":"Makeshift Chicago Stages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Chicago's founding, theatre has blossomed in the city's makeshift spaces, from taverns to parks, living rooms to storefronts. \u003cem\u003eMakeshift Chicago Stages\u003c\/em\u003e brings together leading historians to share the history of theatre and performance in the Second City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Chicago Theater as Makeshift Performance, Megan E. Geigner, Stuart J. Hecht, and Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection I: Theater: Artistry Born of Ashes, Stuart J. Hecht\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Entertaining People: The 1893 Columbian Exposition Midway Plaisance, Rosemarie K. Bank\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. From Marmalade to Gingerbread: The Columbian Exposition, Chicago’s 57th Street Artist Colony, and the Theaters it Spawned, Stuart J. Hecht\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. All Passes – Art Alone Endures: Staging the New Drama at the Fine Arts Building, Shannon Epplett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection II: From Mainstream to Institutionalized, Megan E. Geigner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Pillars of the Community: Reversing the Flow between the Goodman and Immigrant Theater, Megan E. Geigner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Theatrical Geographies of Segregation: Spatial Displacement in Theodore Ward’s \u003ci\u003eBig White Fog, \u003c\/i\u003eAaron Krall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Lincoln Avenue and the Off-Loop Scene: Urban Renewal, and the Early Years of the Chicago Storefront Movement, Cat Gleason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Object Permanence: ImprovOlympic and the Legitimacy of Improv in Chicago, Travis Stern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection III: Centering the Decentered, Itinerant, Civic, and Home, Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Reclaiming Space: An Oral History of Teatro Vista, Laura Lodewyck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Temple-Swapping in the City: The Spatial Imaginary and Performances of Place-Making in the Work of Theaster Gates, LaRonika Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Staging Private Homes and the Transformations of Public Lives: A conversation with Irina Zadov, Laley Lippard, Aymar Jean Christian, and Meida McNeal of the Chicago Home Theater Festival, Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Chicago Theater amidst Pandemics, Megan E. Geigner and Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577533469015,"sku":"9780810143814","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810143814.jpg?v=1746095725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/makeshift-chicago-stages-9780810143814","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}