Carla Neu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1090950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Neu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla |
| FAMILY NAME | Neu |
| SIGNATURE | NEU C |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5512-9931 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Performance of Personhood in Gender Reveal Parties
This essay considers the viral phenomenon of gender reveal parties as a form of ritualized performance that deploys gender to inscribe personhood. While most critiques of gender reveal parties approach them as a form of regressive backlash against trans rights, I consider how these parties deploy the gender binary to instantiate concepts of personhood onto the unborn. By analyzing gender reveal parties as performance, contextualized within a hist…
Four Notes on Six Conversations
Four Notes on Six Conversations Carla Neuss (bio) In June 2023, I had the unexpected privilege of being able to sit down, in person, with six scholars in our field for a series of open-ended and wide-ranging conversations. The occasion was, nominally, a chance to reflect on the seventy-five years of Theatre Journal's contribution to theatre scholarship; but over the course of my conversations with Rustom Bharucha, Jean Graham-Jones, Joseph Roach,…
On Editing, Paying it Forward, and Having Energy: A Conversation with Jean Graham-Jones, Former Editor
On Editing, Paying it Forward, and Having Energy: A Conversation with Jean Graham-Jones, Former Editor Jean Graham-Jones (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Jean Graham-Jones (JGJ): I was coeditor and then editor of Theatre Journal from 2004 through the end of 200…
It's Not the What, But the How: A Conversation with Patricia Ybarra
It's Not the What, But the How: A Conversation with Patricia Ybarra Patricia Ybarra (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): Thank you so much for taking the time to come and talk about Theatre Journal and your experience with it, where it's been, and…
The Once and Future Taps: A Conversation with Harvey Young
The Once and Future TAPS: A Conversation with Harvey Young Harvey Young (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): To start us off I wanted to see if you'd like to reflect on your own experience with Theatre Journal. I know you just had an article come o…
The Long View-Recollections, Remembrances, and Recommendations for Theatre Journal: A Conversation with Joseph Roach
The Long View—Recollections, Remembrances, and Recommendations for Theatre Journal: A Conversation with Joseph Roach Joseph Roach (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Joe Roach (JR): My first article was in Theatre Journal in 1976. Virginia Scott was the editor—the…
Capaciousness, Access, and Pedagogy: A Conversation with Karen Shimakawa
Capaciousness, Access, and Pedagogy: A Conversation with Karen Shimakawa Karen Shimakawa (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): Thank you again for coming and considering these questions. You've had a long interaction with Theatre Journal over your …
Virality, Plurality, and the Future of Discourse: A Conversation with Rustom Bharucha
Virality, Plurality, and the Future of Discourse: A Conversation with Rustom Bharucha Rustom Bharucha (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): So, the first thing I would love to talk about is your Theatre Journal article on Shakespeare. It was publis…
South Africa and the Future of Post-Apartheid Theatre: An Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble
South Africa and the Future of Post-Apartheid Theatre:An Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble Carla Neuss (bio) Born in Chester, England, director Mark Dornford-May worked in London theatre for twenty years prior to founding Isango Ensemble, a Cape Town–based lyric theatre company in 2000. Helming the Spier Arts Festival in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Dornford-May built his company by holding auditions in townshi…
Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind ed. by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard
Reviewed by: Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind ed. by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard Carla Neuss Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind. Edited by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard. Performance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues series. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019; pp. 264. Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind cons…
Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel
South Africa and the Future of Post-Apartheid Theatre: An Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble
South Africa and the Future of Post-Apartheid Theatre:An Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble Carla Neuss (bio) Born in Chester, England, director Mark Dornford-May worked in London theatre for twenty years prior to founding Isango Ensemble, a Cape Town–based lyric theatre company in 2000. Helming the Spier Arts Festival in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Dornford-May built his company by holding auditions in townshi…
Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel
Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind ed. by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard
Reviewed by: Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind ed. by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard Carla Neuss Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind. Edited by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard. Performance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues series. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019; pp. 264. Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind cons…
South Africa and the Future of Post-Apartheid Theatre: An Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble
South Africa and the Future of Post-Apartheid Theatre:An Interview with Mark Dornford-May, Artistic Director of Isango Ensemble Carla Neuss (bio) Born in Chester, England, director Mark Dornford-May worked in London theatre for twenty years prior to founding Isango Ensemble, a Cape Town–based lyric theatre company in 2000. Helming the Spier Arts Festival in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Dornford-May built his company by holding auditions in townshi…
Four Notes on Six Conversations
Four Notes on Six Conversations Carla Neuss (bio) In June 2023, I had the unexpected privilege of being able to sit down, in person, with six scholars in our field for a series of open-ended and wide-ranging conversations. The occasion was, nominally, a chance to reflect on the seventy-five years of Theatre Journal's contribution to theatre scholarship; but over the course of my conversations with Rustom Bharucha, Jean Graham-Jones, Joseph Roach,…
On Editing, Paying it Forward, and Having Energy: A Conversation with Jean Graham-Jones, Former Editor
On Editing, Paying it Forward, and Having Energy: A Conversation with Jean Graham-Jones, Former Editor Jean Graham-Jones (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Jean Graham-Jones (JGJ): I was coeditor and then editor of Theatre Journal from 2004 through the end of 200…
It's Not the What, But the How: A Conversation with Patricia Ybarra
It's Not the What, But the How: A Conversation with Patricia Ybarra Patricia Ybarra (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): Thank you so much for taking the time to come and talk about Theatre Journal and your experience with it, where it's been, and…
The Once and Future Taps: A Conversation with Harvey Young
The Once and Future TAPS: A Conversation with Harvey Young Harvey Young (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): To start us off I wanted to see if you'd like to reflect on your own experience with Theatre Journal. I know you just had an article come o…
The Long View-Recollections, Remembrances, and Recommendations for Theatre Journal: A Conversation with Joseph Roach
The Long View—Recollections, Remembrances, and Recommendations for Theatre Journal: A Conversation with Joseph Roach Joseph Roach (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Joe Roach (JR): My first article was in Theatre Journal in 1976. Virginia Scott was the editor—the…
Capaciousness, Access, and Pedagogy: A Conversation with Karen Shimakawa
Capaciousness, Access, and Pedagogy: A Conversation with Karen Shimakawa Karen Shimakawa (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): Thank you again for coming and considering these questions. You've had a long interaction with Theatre Journal over your …
Virality, Plurality, and the Future of Discourse: A Conversation with Rustom Bharucha
Virality, Plurality, and the Future of Discourse: A Conversation with Rustom Bharucha Rustom Bharucha (bio) and Carla Neuss (bio) This interview was conducted in June 2023 at Yale University through the support and generosity of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, UCLA, and ATHE; it has been edited for clarity and length. Carla Neuss (CN): So, the first thing I would love to talk about is your Theatre Journal article on Shakespeare. It was publis…
The Performance of Personhood in Gender Reveal Parties
This essay considers the viral phenomenon of gender reveal parties as a form of ritualized performance that deploys gender to inscribe personhood. While most critiques of gender reveal parties approach them as a form of regressive backlash against trans rights, I consider how these parties deploy the gender binary to instantiate concepts of personhood onto the unborn. By analyzing gender reveal parties as performance, contextualized within a hist…
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