No Bees For Bridgeport [excerpt]
From No Bees for Bridgeport: A Fable from the Age of Daley by Kestutis Nakas, Commentary by Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson: A New Fable of the Bees
Work by leading theater artists Holly Hughes, Rachel Rosenthal, Deke Weaver, Carmelita Tropicana, and others joins commentary by major scholars including Donna Haraway, Jane Desmond, Jill Dolan, and Nigel Rothfels. Una Chaudhuri's introduction provides a vital foundation for understanding and appreciating the intersection of animal studies and performance. The anthology foregrounds questions of race, gender, sexuality, class, nation, and other issues central to the human project within the discourse of the "post human," and will appeal to readers interested in solo performance, animal studies, gender studies, performance studies, and environmental studies.
From No Bees for Bridgeport: A Fable from the Age of Daley by Kestutis Nakas, Commentary by Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson: A New Fable of the Bees
Written, directed, and performed by Kestutis Nakas [excerpt from the full performance]. No Bees For Bridgeport is included in the anthology, Animal Acts: Performing Species Now, edited by Una Chaudhuri and Holly Hughes and published by University of Michigan Press. Performances staged at the University of Michigan's Duderstadt Media Center, March 21-23, 2013.