Carla Neuss
Biographic Data
| ID | 6359683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Neuss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla |
| FAMILY NAME | Neuss |
| SIGNATURE | NEUSS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| 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…
The Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith (review)
Reviewed by: The Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith Carla Neuss THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN. By Zadie Smith. Directed by Indhu Rubasingham. Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. April 16, 2023. Zadie Smith's The Wife of Willesden, which premiered in November 2021 at London's Kiln Theatre, transposes Chaucer's (in)famous Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales to the present-day, multicultural suburb of London named in the title. For those needing a refresh…
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…
Going “Live” Again: Reflections on Zoom, Copresence, & Liveness in a (Post)Pandemic World
In April 2020—only weeks after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic—the New York Times published an article titled “Why Zoom Is Terrible.” Quoting a gustatory simile from Sheryl Brahnam of Missouri State University, the article declared, “In-person communication resembles video conferencing about as much as a real blueberry muffin resembles a packaged blueberry muffin that contains not a single blueberry but artificia…
Learning to Learn: Didactic Efficacy and Cognitive Dissonance in the Chester Cycle
Through a close reading of the staging of miracles in the Middle English Chester cycle, this article argues for a reappraisal of the religious didacticism of the medieval mystery cycle tradition. By approaching the Chester cycle’s didactic impetus from the lens of medieval miracle theory, I argue for distinct theoretical parallels between the Thomist formulation of wonder and learning and modern cognitive dissonance theory. The interplay between …
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…
Going “Live” Again: Reflections on Zoom, Copresence, & Liveness in a (Post)Pandemic World
In April 2020—only weeks after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic—the New York Times published an article titled “Why Zoom Is Terrible.” Quoting a gustatory simile from Sheryl Brahnam of Missouri State University, the article declared, “In-person communication resembles video conferencing about as much as a real blueberry muffin resembles a packaged blueberry muffin that contains not a single blueberry but artificia…
Learning to Learn: Didactic Efficacy and Cognitive Dissonance in the Chester Cycle
Through a close reading of the staging of miracles in the Middle English Chester cycle, this article argues for a reappraisal of the religious didacticism of the medieval mystery cycle tradition. By approaching the Chester cycle’s didactic impetus from the lens of medieval miracle theory, I argue for distinct theoretical parallels between the Thomist formulation of wonder and learning and modern cognitive dissonance theory. The interplay between …
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 Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith (review)
Reviewed by: The Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith Carla Neuss THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN. By Zadie Smith. Directed by Indhu Rubasingham. Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. April 16, 2023. Zadie Smith's The Wife of Willesden, which premiered in November 2021 at London's Kiln Theatre, transposes Chaucer's (in)famous Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales to the present-day, multicultural suburb of London named in the title. For those needing a refresh…
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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