Books

[gilana]

58. The Stuff of Dreams: Behind the Scenes of an American Community Theater — Leah Hager Cohen
59. Up Goes the Curtain — Janet Lambert

The Stuff of Dreams is about Arlington Friends of the Drama, a group that lillibet has directed with and several of my friends have acted with. This book is about them as a group, their history and the history of community theater in America, and particularly about the experience of their putting on M. Butterfly in 1998. The author follows a number of people on both the tech and cast side through the show, really giving a good idea of what community theater is all about. I found myself awed, in reading it, to realize that I'm a part of that; that here she is describing this mad and magical experience, and I'm lucky enough to live it.

Comments

[petra-quince.livejournal.com]

I'm excited to find out about Stuff of Dreams. I read another book by Leah Hagar Cohen, Train Go Sorry, which was excellent. I didn't know she also wrote a book about community theater!

[gilana]

Oo, that one sounds really interesting, too! I just requested it from the library.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I have a funny feeling that I'm in a long queue to borrow "The Stuff of Dreams"

[gilana]

I borrowed this copy from the library, but in fact I want other people to read it so much that I just ordered a copy from Amazon. So I'll add you to the queue!