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“Late Stage is an important, moving compendium of multivocal, multidisciplinary essays that ‘think age and theatre together’ in honor of the late, pioneering scholar Elinor Fuchs. Using age as a too often maligned or ignored identity vector and as a hermeneutic, these essays consider the body’s time-based materiality as a living testament to the power of performance.” * Jill Dolan, Princeton University * “An inspiring collection of original essays—intellectually prodigious, creative and spirited, and above all, heartfelt—that addresses aging through the triple lens of contemporary theater, drama, and performance and merges scholarship and activism. In homage to the late Elinor Fuchs, Late Stage is itself an antidote to the toxin that is ageism!” * Kathleen Woodward, University of Washington * “Late Stage is a unique and innovative collection that positions theatre and performance on the cusp of future trends. Elinor Fuchs’s mind-blowing essay sets the stage for some particularly moving essays that encourage new ways of thinking about aging. This book contributes to revolutions in our field as we consider future demographic shifts and future creative approaches.” * Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Miami University *

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Benjamin Gillespie is Assistant Professor of Theatre History & Performance Studies at Santa Clara University and co-editor of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre. Cindy Rosenthal is Professor of Drama and Dance at Hofstra University. She is the author of Ellen Stewart Presents: Fifty Years of La MaMa Experimental Theatre, and co-editor of The Sixties, Center Stage: Mainstream Popular Performances in a Turbulent Decade and Restaging the Sixties: Radical Theaters and Their Legacies. Elinor Fuchs was Professor Emerita of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale University. She was the co-editor of Land/Scape/Theater.

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