Shakespeare and Latinidad (Paperback)
Shakespeare and Latinidad is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare's plays. It is the first truly comprehensive treatment of this style of adaptation, bringing together the diverse voices working in this field today including leading academics, playwrights and theatre practitioners. This blend of essays and interviews reflects the transdisciplinary synthesis of scholarship, dramaturgy and pedagogy that shapes Latinx engagement with Shakespeare.
Trevor Boffone is the founder of the 50 Playwrights Project. He is a Lecturer in the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. He is the author of Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok (Oxford University Press, 2021). He is the co-editor of Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater (Northwestern University Press, 2019) and Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). Carla Della Gatta is a theatre historian and performance scholar. She is Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University. She received the J Leeds Barroll Dissertation Prize from the Shakespeare Association of America for her work on Shakespeare and Latinidad. She has published widely in journals such as Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Studies, and Bulletin of the Comediantes. Her monograph, Latinx Shakespeares: The Staging of Intracultural Theatre, is in process.