Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT)
JADT publishes thoughtful and innovative work by leading scholars on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas – past and present.
ISSN Number: 2376-4236
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Current Issue
Volume 36 Issue 2
Current Issue
Editorial Introduction
“A Caribbean Soul in Exile”: Post-Colonial Experiences of a Jamaican Actor
Staged News: The Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspapers in New York
Appropriate
Scene Partners
America Happened to Me: Immigration, Acculturation, and Crafting Empathy in Rags
Archiving a Life in Theatre: The Legacy of Michael Feingold
Applied Improvisation: Leading, Collaborating, and Creating Beyond the Theatre
Snatch Adams and Tainty McCracken Present It’s That Time of the Month
Oh, Mary!
Burning it Down: Theatre Fires, Collective Trauma Memory, and the TikTok Ban
Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century United States
Another Day's Begun: Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the 21st Century
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Archive
We are in the process of moving all past journal entries to the current websiite. Please bear with us as we make this transition. You can view all the past issues at www.jadt.commons.gc.cuny.edu.
For any queries or clarifications, write to us at jadtjournal@gmail.com
About The Journal
History and Mission
Founded in 1989, JADT is a widely acclaimed peer-reviewed journal publishing thoughtful and innovative work by leading scholars on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas—past and present. The journal’s provocative articles provide valuable insight and information on the heritage of American theatre, as well as its continuing contribution to world literature and the performing arts. JADT is fully online and freely accessible.
Our aim is to promote research on theatre of the Americas and to encourage historical and theoretical approaches to plays, playwrights, performances, and popular theatre traditions. Studies of dramatic texts from a purely literary perspective are outside the scope of the journal.
“I see American Drama and Theatre as a primary means of reflecting the excitement and progress of our language, our culture, our democracy, our social concerns and our historical roots as Americans. No better opportunity exists for understanding, or for contributing to our understanding, of our American world, past or present, than the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, as shown by the excellence of its past performance and the promise of its future.”
– Walter Meserve
Submission Guidelines
The editors of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT) are now accepting submissions for essays on any topics relating to theatre, drama, and popular entertainments of the Americas for consideration. Please submit completed manuscripts to jadtjournal@gmail.com. We accept submission on a rolling basis. Please email the editors with any inquiries.
Article manuscripts should be 6,000 to 8,000 words in length and prepared in conformity with the Chicago Manual of Style using footnotes. Completed manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word attachments via e-mail to jadtjournal@gmail.com using Microsoft Word. Articles will be peer reviewed, so please allow 3 to 4 months for a decision. If you are submitting images, please provide the images and captions with your submission. (Please Note: images should be at least 300dpi and authors are responsible for securing permissions prior to submission). Please include a short bio with your submission.
Performance Reviews
JADT now publishes performance reviews on theatre, drama, and performance in the Americas. Single reviews are usually 800 to 1,200 words in length. Please refer to these guidelines when submitting performance reviews. We encourage authors to contact the editors in advance to propose a review at jadtperformancereviews@gmail.com
Book Reviews
JADT also publishes book reviews. If you would like to propose a book review, please email the Book Review Editor, Maya Roth, at jadtbookreviews@gmail.com.
People
Editorial Board
Benjamin Gillespie, Bess Rowen
Co-Editors
Maya Roth
Book Review Editor
Seth Wilson
Performance Review Editor
Brittany Vicars, Pune Dracker
Journal Assistants
Vera Mowry Roberts, Walter Meserve
Founding Editors
David Savran
Advisory Editor
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
Marvin Carlson
Director of Publications
Frank Hentschker
Executive Director
Gaurav Singh Nijjer
Digital and Web Coordinator
Advisory Board
Michael Y. Bennett
Kevin Byrne
Tracey Elaine Chessum
Bill Demastes
Stuart Hecht
Jorge Huerta
Amy E. Hughes
David Krasner
Esther Kim Lee
Kim Marra
Ariel Nereson
Beth Osborne
Jordan Schildcrout
Robert Vorlicky
Maurya Wickstrom
James F. Wilson
Stacy Wolf