Please consider submitting an abstract for the panel Pirandello's Legacy and Experimental Theater, to be held at the NeMLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia on March 11-14, 2021.

In recognition of the 100-year anniversary of the first performance of Luigi Pirandello’s landmark 1921 play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, this panel will consider the role that experimental theatre played during the years of the historical avant-garde and the broader implications of that experimentation across the 20th century and today. Luigi Pirandello’s theatrical innovations were important for the modernist transition away from naturalist and realist conventions. He engaged with numerous avant-garde figures who were active in that shift, and he influenced generations to follow. The panel will welcome proposals that consider metatheatre, absurdist theatre, and other forms of experimental performance (dance, performance art, etc.) that are in conversation with Pirandello and the historical avant-garde figures who effectively broke conventional staging practices.

Abstracts of 250 words can be submitted at https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/18745 .

The deadline to submit your abstracts is September 30, 2020.