The topics of this week’s episode include the development of Canadian dramaturgy, disability theatre and the development and legacy of David Freeman’s 1971 play Creeps. I am joined by Dr. Lisa Aikman, who explains what the heck dramaturgy is and what dramaturgy in Canada is like. She also has insightful things to say about the play’s use of language, poetic realism as a Canadian theatre “house style,” and why so many early Canadian works are about marginalized communities.
Here is an essay by Adam Grant Warren.