Theater and Diversity Resource Guide

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This bibliography has been compiled in response to the request for plays dealing with diversity or multiculturalism. The selected book list contains play anthologies and compilations that were created by minority playwrights. Plays that  address issues dealing with diversity are also represented.

Getting Started:

Use the UCF Catalog to locate books in our collection. The catalog is accessible though the UCF Libraries homepage: http://library.ucf.edu/. Some relevant subject headings are listed below:

Examples of selected subject headings and call number ranges:

Subject	Call Number Range
African American Theater	PN2270.A35
American Drama--African American Authors	PS628.N4 (collections), PS634 .B7, PS338.N4
American Drama--Asian American Authors	PS628.A85 (collections)
American Drama--Minority Authors	PS627.M5
Childrens Plays --American	Varies

 

A large number of American multicultural play compilations can be found on the 4^th floor of the UCF main library under LC call numbers PS627- PS628.

Indexes

Use the indexes to find plays on a particular topic. These are some of the indexes that reference plays, some of which are found in the UCF Libraries collection:

Afro-American poetry and drama, 1760-1975 : a guide to information sources. (1979). Detroit : Gale Research Co. PS153.N5 A36.

Children’s catalog (18^th ed.). (2001). New York: Wilson. REF Z 1036.W77.

Harvell, T. A. (2000). Index to twentieth-century Spanish plays : in collections, anthologies, and periodicals. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. PQ6115.D7 H17 2000.

Hatch, V. (1970).  Black image on the American stage: A bibliography of plays and musicals, 1770-1970.  New York: DBS Publications. PS628.N4 H29. (Located in Reference)
Lists plays, musicals and reviews from 1770-1970 that contain a black character, include a black theme, or is written by a black playwright.

Keller, D.  (1979). Index to Plays in Periodicals.  Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow.  PN1721 .K43 1990  (Located in Reference)
Indexes plays by author, title, translator, adapter, editor, and pseudonym.

Kienzle, S. (1970). Modern world theater; a guide to productions in Europe and the United States since 1945. New York, Ungar. PN6112.5 .K513. 

Play index 1993-1997: An Index to 4,617 plays. (1998). New York: Wilson. REF PN1620.A1 P53 1993-97.

Play index 1988-1992: An Index to 4,397 plays (1993). New York: Wilson. REF PN1620.A1 P53 1993-97.

Senior high school library catalog (16^th ed.). (2002). New York: Wilson. REF Z 1037.W77.  

Sprinchorn, E. (1966). 20th-century plays in synopsis. New York, T. Y. Crowell Co.  PN6112.5 .S68

 

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Selected Book List

• African American Drama

African American scenebook. (1999). New York : Falmer Press. PS628.N4 A37 1999.

Black drama in America: An anthology. (1994). Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press. PS628.N4 B53 1994.

Black theatre USA: Plays by African Americans 1847 to today. (1996). New York: Free Press. PS628.N4 B56 1996.

 Classic plays from the Negro Ensemble Company. (1995). Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press. PS628.N4 C57 1995.

 Colored contradictions : An Anthology of contemporary African-American plays. (1996). New York, N.Y.  PS628.N4 C65 1996.

Contemporary plays by women of color : An anthology. (1996). New York : Routledge. PS627.M5 C66 1996.

A Sourcebook of African-American performance: Plays, people, movements. (1999). New York: Routledge.  PN2270.A35 S68 1999.  (Also available as an E-book)

 The national black drama anthology : Eleven plays from America's leading African-American  theaters. (1995). New York : Applause.  PS628.N4 N38 1995.  

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• American Indian Drama

Seventh generation : an anthology of Native American plays. (1999). New York: Theatre Communications Group. PS628.I53 S48 1999.

Stories of our way: An anthology of American Indian plays. (1999). Los Angeles:UCLA American Indian Studies Center. PS628.I53 S76 1999.

• Asian American Drama

But still, like air, I'll rise : new Asian American plays. (1997). Philadelphia : Temple University Press. PS628.A85 S75 1997.

Unbroken thread : An anthology of plays by Asian American women. (1993). Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press.  PS628.A85 U53 1993. (Also available as an E-book)

•  Gay and Lesbian Drama

Gay and lesbian plays today. (1993). Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann. PS627.H67 G38 1993. 

 Staging gay lives: An anthology of contemporary gay theater. (1995). Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. PS627.H67 S73 1995.

 Tough acts to follow : One-act plays on the gay/lesbian experience. (1992). San Francisco : Alamo Square Press. PS627.H67 T68 1992.

• Jewish American Drama

Awake and Singing: 7 classic plays from the American Jewish Repertoire.  (1995) New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Mentor : Penguin Books USA, Inc. PS627.J48 A92 1995. 

 Making a Scene : The Contemporary Drama of Jewish-American women. (1997). Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press. PS628.J47 M35 1997. 

 New Jewish voices: Plays produced by the Jewish Repertory Theatre. (1985)Albany :State University of New York Press. PS628.J47 N48 1985.

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• Hispanic/ Latin American Drama

Cuban theater in the United States : A critical anthology. (1992). Tempe, Ariz. : Bilingual Press. PS628.C82 C834 1992.

Latins anonymous : Two plays. (1996). Houston, Tex: Arte Público Press. PS628.H57 L38 1996.

 Out of the Fringe : Contemporary Latina/Latino theatre and performance. (2000). New York: Theatre Communications Group. PS628.H57 O78 2000.

 Shattering the myth: Plays by Hispanic Women. (1992) Houston, Tex.: Arte Publico Press. PS628.H57 S5 1992.

• Multicultural Drama

Great scenes from minority playwrights : Seventy-Four Scenes of cultural diversity. (1997). Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub. PS627.M5 G65 1997.

 Multicultural Theatre II : Contemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American Plays. (1998). Colorado Springs, Colo.: Meriwether Pub.  PS627.M5 M85 1998.

 Rowing to America : The Immigrant Project : A collection of nine one-act plays. (1999). Woodstock, Ill.: Dramatic Pub. PS627.I48 R69 1999.

• Multicultural Drama for Children/ Young Adults

African-Americans who made a difference: 15 plays for the classroom. (1996). New York: Scholastic Professional Books.  812 Afr.  (Located in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) in the Education Building.) 

 Cootie Shots : Theatrical inoculations against bigotry for kids, parents, and teachers : Plays, poems & songs. (2001). New York : Theatre Communications Group. PS625.5 .C66 2001.

 Multicultural plays for children: Volume I: GRADES K-3. (1996). Lyme, NH : Smith and Kraus. PS3557.E674 M85 1996.

 Multicultural plays for children: Volume II: GRADES 4-6. (1996). Lyme, NH : Smith and Kraus. PS3557.E674 M85 1996.

 Great Scenes from minority playwrights: Seventy-Four Scenes of Cultural Diversity. (1997). Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub. PS627.M5 G65 1997.

• Multicultural Education (drama)

Language learning in intercultural perspective: approaches through drama and ethnography. (1998). Cambridge, U.K. ; New York: Cambridge University Press P53.45 .L357 1998.

Videos

Black Theatre: The making of a movement [videorecording]. (1978). San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel. PN2270.A35 B54 1978.

(1991) Panorama of African-American theatre [videorecording]. Lincoln, Neb.: GPN. PN2270.A35 P3 1991.

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