This book rethinks historical and contemporary theatre, performance, and cultural events by scrutinizing and theorizing the objects and things that activate stages, venues, environments, and archives.

Nicole Berkin, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA Leo Cabranes-Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Lezlie C. Cross, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Minty Donald, University of Glasgow, UK Benjamin Gillespie, The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA Chandra Owenby Hopkins, Converse College, USA Karen Jean Martinson, Chicago State University, USA Kee-Yoon Nahm, Yale University, USA Aileen Robinson, Northwestern University, USA Christopher Swift, New York City College of Technology, CUNY, USA Joanne Tompkins, University of Queensland, Australia Helene Vosters, York University, Canada Margaret Werry, University of Minnesota, USA