Introduction / Megan Alrutz and Julia Listengarten --

Part I. Contextualizing Theory and Practice: Introduction: Part I / Megan Alrutz and Julia Listengarten; 1. The function of theory at the present time? / Mark Fortier; 2. Approaching theory: scholar and practitioner / Manon van de Water; 3. "'There is a World Elsewhere": the endgame of theory and practice / Michal Kobialka --

Part II. Interrogating Theory in Theatre Practice: Productive Tensions, Questions, and Implications: Introduction: Part II / Megan Alrutz and Julia Listengarten; 4. Intermediate bodies: media theory in theatre / Sarah Bay-Cheng; 5. Authenticity in children's theatre and art / Stephani Etheridge Woodson; 6. Theatrical nationalism and subversive affirmation / S.E. Wilmer; 7. Sensual engagements: understanding theories of the senses and their potential applications within theatre practice / Stephen DiBenedetto; 8. Active dramaturgy: using research to inspire creative thought / Lenora Inez Brown; 9. Intuition in practice: emotion and feeling in the artistic process / Harry Feiner; 10. Resisting binaries: theory and acting / John Lutterbie; 11. Moving spectators toward progressive politics by combining Brechtian Theory with cognitive science / Bruce McConachie --

Part III. Case Studies: Activating Theory within and through the Production Process: Introduction: Part III / Megan Alrutz and Julia Listengarten; 12. Theatre is theory: a case study of ghosting / Herbert Blau; 13. Cyrano's intercultural voyages in India / Donald C. McManus; 14. (Re)presenting silenced voices: negotiating multiple landscapes through body, voice, and architecture / Julia Listengarten and Christopher Niess; 15. Voice and the Venus: opening up voice and speech with post-colonial theories / Laura R. Dougherty; 16. Theoretical terrain and performance practice: an actor's journey into the uncharted territory of landscape theory / Brook Hanemann; 17. Under the influence / Alissa Mello; 18. Modulating theory: breaking new ground in musical theatre study / John Bell; 19. Tongues of Stone: making space speak ... again and again / Carol Brown and Dorita Hannah; 20. Seven introductions: a dialogue / Michael Rohd and Shannon Scrofano.