Reading Log 2025 II
Devotion and Terror.
This Week:
Lose Your Mother by Saidiya Hartman
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés
Noh Plays: Dodoji; Tadanori; Tomoe; Morozume; Shun’ei.
Kyogen: The Bag of Leave-Taking; The Second Class Master; The Blind Man and the Monkey; Hana-ko; The Six Shavelings; Under the Hat; The Ointment Seller; The Liquor Pipe.
“Dramaturging Non-Realism” by T. Harding-Smith
“Behind the Mask of No” by Mark J. Nearman
“Life With the No Mask” by Hisao Kanze
“Dojoji: Preparations for a Second Performance” by Reijiro Tsumara
“The Kyōgen Actor and his Relationship with the Mask” by Sengorō Shigeyama
“Some Thoughts on Kyōgen Masks” by Mansaku Nomura
Tomoe by Mikata Shizuka
Exerpt from Kuroduk
Okay, so obviously I did not complete all of the reading assigned this week. It was a tough week. Maybe even bad? Mostly, I fell behind in my Greek and Japanese Theater course - all the Noh and Kyogen readings and viewings. I’ve been feeling a sort of body-terror. I can’t quite catch my breath. The show I’ve been dramaturging opens tonight. Hopefully that will help free up some time to read. I’ve been really loving working as a dramaturg again, though, there’s something devotional and meditative about having three or four dedicated hours every day to closer watching/listening. It makes my day better. And I like being in rehearsal. It’s one of my favorite things. I had a dream this week my father shot a tiger in our back yard with a bow and arrow. The tiger was the size of a dinosaur and was attacking our house alongside a bear. I’ve been wondering about this, dramaturgically.
Next Week:
Sun by Adrienne Kennedy
The Crystal Spider by Rachilde
The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh
Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Taming of the Samurai by Eiko Ikegami
[Excerpt] Ornamentalism by Annie Anlin Cheng