{"product_id":"regional-theatre-the-revolutionary-stage-9780816606757","title":"Regional theatre: The revolutionary stage","description":"\u003cp\u003eRegional Theatre was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible  and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is a social history of a recent American cultural phenomenon the development since World War II of numerous nonprofit regional theatres which  as a group  have changed the complexion of the American theatre. It is the story of a revolution  now over  and a call for a new purpose to follow it. After a discussion of the background against which the regional theatre movement began  the author traces the histories of individual theatre companies. And yet the book is less about actors  directors  and productions than it is about the struggle to create and sustain new cultural forms  and the tension between regional and central phenomena. Mr. Zeigler sees several related themes: institutionalism  theatre as a continuing creative organism; decentralization the bringing of theatre to all areas of the country; and the development of a National Theatre to serve the entire country. A significant element in the book consists of examination of some of the important funding programs which have aided the development of regional theatres.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276053667893,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816606757","price":335.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816606757.jpg?v=1780522748","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/regional-theatre-the-revolutionary-stage-9780816606757","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}