ecodramaturgy

plural ecodramaturgies

1. countableuncountableTheatrical development and production motivated by ecological concerns.

   The first is the inauguration of a subset of ecocriticism termed ‘ecodramaturgy,’ a term coined by May and further developed by Arons and May.

   2016, Adeline Johns-Putra, “Climate change in literature and literary studies: From cli-fi, climate change theater and ecopoetry to ecocriticism and climate change criticism”, in WIREs Climate Change, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, page 274

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   It also provides an example of what I have begun to call ecodramaturgy: that is, play-making (script development and production) that puts ecological reciprocity and community at the centre of its theatrical and thematic intent.

   2010, Theresa J. May, “Kneading Marie Clements' Burning Vision”, in Canadian Theatre Review, volume 144, →DOI, page 6

   Ecodramaturgy indicates not simply theatre about ecological issues, but theatre that takes up the challenge of the newly expanded frames of thinking entailed by the Anthropocene.

   2020, Catherine Love, “From Facts to Feelings: The Development of Katie Mitchell’s Ecodramaturgy”, in Contemporary Theatre Review, volume 30, number 2, →DOI, page 227