Sara Freeman Boeken

A short, propulsive, moody novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in an out-of-season seaside town.

Contemporary playwriting emphasizes scenographic engagement, influenced by twentieth-century experimental practices. This shift enhances the significance of text-based theatre, highlighting its spatial dimensions in both scripts and productions. The work of playwrights like Caryl Churchill, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl exemplifies how text-based theatre fosters a spatialized imagination, showcasing its relevance in today's visually oriented cultural landscape. This Element advocates for a refined analysis of text-based theatre, paralleling the critical approaches applied to performance-based and experimental theatre.