Tessa Carr – författare

Kate was the first to find her sister's lifeless body when she arrived home. She'd been on the phone with Amy when she heard the fatal scream. The killer, however, was never found.Now, two years later, she's begun hearing that same scream again... and again.Is she losing her mind? Or is she the next to die?Investigator Eli Garrison is determined to find out...Or die trying.

For the thirtieth volume of Theatre Symposium, the editors return to a topic first proposed over twenty years ago in volume 9 (theatre and politics in the twentieth century), reimaged for a broader, more comprehensive time frame. In this volume on theater and politics, scholars explore what constitutes the political, how the political is performed, and how theatre engages with politics over time, drawing on the following framing questions: What is the historical and ongoing role of theatre in framing our ideas and conversations about politics? How do politics and theatre engage one another in an increasingly mediated landscape? From theatrical analysis of the political arena to political analysis of the theatrical stage, discussions of theatre and politics can challenge ethical, theoretical, and artistic considerations of our world.The current moment presents a compelling opportunity to revisit, revise, and reengage. Certainly, in the twenty-one volumes since volume 9, the political landscape both nationally and internationally has shifted dramatically. The past two years specifically have seen an increase in the already prevalent presence of the political in our daily discourse. The COVID-19 global pandemic and ongoing racial reckonings have further unmoored many systems and structures, requiring action and change. Rather than a moment of pause or passivity, pandemic times have seen an increase in political activity and political discourse on the local, national, and global levels. Within the theatre and performance communities, these calls to action have resulted in movements like #weseeyouWAT and other calls to break down old systems and create new ones, to privilege access for those of the global majority, and to explicitly demand advocacy and activism. Organizations like the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) itself crafted new ethos statements and engaged in the necessary work of boldly foregrounding equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility at the center of all its efforts.The editors and contributors to this volume respond to the immediacy of this moment and the clarion call for change. From Shakespeare to new productions like Alabama Love Stories, presented at Auburn University, contributors grapple with a range of examples, contemporary and historical, and argue with renewed urgency for the importance of intentionally interrogating the interplay of performance and politics. The essays in this volume demonstrate that theatre and performance cannot rise to this moment or even begin to address it without doing that substantial work to clean its own house and create accessible new spaces.ContributorsChase Bringardner / Tessa Carr / Lily Climenhaga / Abena Foreman-Trice / Emma Givens / TK Manwill / Boomie Pederson / Royal ShirÉe / Teresa Simone / Tony Tambasco / Jonathon W. Taylor / Justice von Maur / Patricia Ybarra

This engaging book offers a broad spectrum of collaborative and accessible performance-based practices that promote social justice within college classrooms, rehearsal spaces, campus stages and local communities.Performance is an inherently collective and embodied endeavor. As a form of communication activism, performance also serves as a powerful mode of teaching and learning that demands equitable relationships and mutually established group norms that offer all a seat at the table. Informed by intersectional feminist and antiracist theories, the authors present collaborative performance case studies, ranging from interventions into local histories of oppression to creative protests of campus and cultural practices, to staged interruptions of social discourses and representational systems that perpetuate structural inequities. Illustrating the multiple possibilities of performance, the book offers adaptable tools, evocative stories, and vivid examples from diverse bodies of work. This engaged scholarship is committed to honoring multiple forms of knowledge, acknowledging and building the capacities of individuals and organizations, identifying and developing more spaces for critical dialogue, and envisioning and performing a more socially just world.This book is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of communication, theater, performance studies, arts-based education, and social justice activism.

This engaging book offers a broad spectrum of collaborative and accessible performance-based practices that promote social justice within college classrooms, rehearsal spaces, campus stages and local communities.Performance is an inherently collective and embodied endeavor. As a form of communication activism, performance also serves as a powerful mode of teaching and learning that demands equitable relationships and mutually established group norms that offer all a seat at the table. Informed by intersectional feminist and antiracist theories, the authors present collaborative performance case studies, ranging from interventions into local histories of oppression to creative protests of campus and cultural practices, to staged interruptions of social discourses and representational systems that perpetuate structural inequities. Illustrating the multiple possibilities of performance, the book offers adaptable tools, evocative stories, and vivid examples from diverse bodies of work. This engaged scholarship is committed to honoring multiple forms of knowledge, acknowledging and building the capacities of individuals and organizations, identifying and developing more spaces for critical dialogue, and envisioning and performing a more socially just world.This book is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of communication, theater, performance studies, arts-based education, and social justice activism.

Laurie Lancey has always loved the old picturesque bridge over Council Creek; it's that beauty which gave the town its name.But then...A near miss... A chinese fortune cookie with a deadly warningA murdered co-worker  She knows now the serenity is just a deception. Something sinister is going on here,And it's all around her. Investigator Nick Allyn barely manages to save her when the shots are fired."e;This tells me only one thing, young lady,"e; he tells her firmly."e;Those bullets were meant for you. And only you."e; Danger in Shadow...  The Shadows of Council Creek (Book Two)by Tessa Carr

The Eyes...They've haunted Janie since she was a child of eight; since the days after her father was murdered.Will they never stop? Even now, as a sergeant for the Highway Patrol, and a Forensic Pathologist, she still sees them in her nightmares. Once, during the days when they'd been engaged, Captain Jake Carter comforted her during those dreams. Now, she has orders placing her under his command, and she worries about him, too.What she doesn't know, is that he's expecting her. And he's still angry as hell.

Kate was the first to find her sister's lifeless body when she arrived home. She'd been on the phone with Amywhen she heard the breaking of glass and the fatal scream. The killer, however, was never found.Now, two years later, Kate has begun hearing Amy's screams from those tinal moments again. Is she losing her mind? Or is she the next to die? Investigator Eli Garrison is determined to find out...Or die trying.

Laurie Lancey has always loved the old picturesque bridge over Council Creek; it's that beauty which gave the town its name.But then...A near miss... A Chinese fortune cookie with a deadly warning. Shots fired.And a murdered co-workerShe knows now the serenity is just a deception. Something sinister is going on here.And it's all around her.Investigator Nick Allyn barely manages to save her when the shots are fired."e;This tells me only one thing, young lady,"e; he tells her firmly."e;Those bullets were meant for you.And only you."e;

The Eyes...They've haunted Janie since she was a child of eight; since the days after her father was murdered.Will they never stop?Even now, as a sergeant for the Highway Patrol and a Forensic Pathologist, she still sees them in her nightmares.Once, during the days when they were engaged, Jake Carter comforted her during those dreams. Now, General Headquarters has issued orders placing her under his command, and she worries about him, too.What she doesn't know, is that he's expecting her.And he's still angry as hell.

Is it worse to be paralyzed by illness or by fear? Kat doesn't think of herself as a polio survivor.No. She's just a SURVIVOR.The men who attacked her andleft her father dead four years ago intendedto ruin her life.And Kat's determined not to let them.When her roommate's brother Gabe offers herrefuge with the family in Wyoming, she accepts.Yes, she's determined and self-reliant;she admits it. Gabe, however, sees heras headstrong and stubborn.But Kat couldn't care less about his opinions.She only knows the men she testified againstfour years ago are about to be releasedon parole...And they have vowed to come back for her.

What does a young woman dowhen she fears for her life?Maddie runs.But has she run to safety?Or has she run to the one place on earth he can find her?

Is it worse to be paralyzed by disease, than by fear? Kat doesn't think of herself as a polio survivor. No. She's just a survivor. For the past four years, she's waited for the men who attacked her to get out of prison. She still hears their voices; they haunt her dreams at night. Their desire is to ruin her life-or take it. But Kat won't go willingly; she'll fight. Her roommate's elder brother Gabe, has offered her refuge at the family home in Wyoming, and she's accepted. A survivor? Yes, she's determined and strong. Gabe, however, sees her as headstrong and stubborn, and lets her know it. But Kat couldn't care less about his opinion.She only knows the men she testified against four years ago are about to be released on parole... And they've vowed to come after her.