The Edward Albee Society is proud of the launch of The Routledge Studies in Edward Albee and American Theatre and sends out this call for proposals for new projects.

The new book series aims to examine mid-to-late 20th Century American theatre; its most influential and important playwright, Edward Albee; and his contemporaries.

Currently, two books are in production:

--David A. Crespy and Les Gray, eds. Emergence of Difference and Diversity in US and World Theatres, 1950s-1970s: Albee and his Contemporaries, forthcoming 2025.

--John P. Bray, Jack Gelber: Consider This, forthcoming 2025.

This series is equally dedicated to both dramatic literature and theatrical performance, thinking about the American theatre in its totality. This series wants to examine the milieu of American theatre during the course of Albee’s six-decade-long career. Additionally, Edward Albee was a great champion of supporting other playwrights; therefore, in keeping with the mission of the Edward Albee Society, this series is especially interested in books about playwrights that were influenced by Albee.

In addition to monographs and edited collections that fall under the above purview, there will also be a sub-series of edited books that looks at a specific decade of American theatre through the lens of Albee and his milieu (e.g., Edward Albee and the American Theatre in the 1960s or Edward Albee and the American Theatre in the 1990s, etc.).

The following are examples of texts that could be included in the Edward Albee series:

• A volume that highlights disability and performance in modern and contemporary American theatre.
• An edited anthology of Edward Albee and the American Theatre of the 1950s
• A monograph exploring Adrienne Kennedy’s work and the Black Arts Movement.

We welcome proposals that expand our perspectives and that of the field and look forward to reading your submissions. Please do check out the book series page on the official Routledge website (https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Edward-Albee-and-American...)

For more information and/or to send your proposal, please contact Prof. Michael Y. Bennett (Editor) with inquiries at bennettm@uww.edu, or Laura Hussey at Routledge: laura.hussey@informa.com.

Series Editors: Michael Y. Bennett (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater); Laura Hussey (Routledge)

Advisory Board: Linda Ben-Zvi (Tel Aviv University), Natka Bianchini (Loyola University Maryland), Stephen Bottoms (University of Manchester), John M. Clum (Duke University), David A. Crespy (University of Missouri), Norma Jenckes (University of Cincinnati), Lincoln Konkle (The College of New Jersey), Brenda Murphy (University of Connecticut), Matthew Roudané (Georgia State University), and Rakesh H. Solomon (Indiana University)