Cherríe Moraga is the Artist in Residence in the Department of Drama and

CSRE (Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity) at Stanford University. 

She is a core faculty member for the IDA (Identity, Diversity and Aesthetics) Program,

which offers a special emphasis on People of Color Arts theory and practice. 

Students from 2009 Indigenous Identity in Diaspora:  People of Color Arts Practice in North America 

2010 COURSE OFFERINGS . . .

WINTER  (January - March)

Drama 17N  3 units.   Salt of the Earth:  Docudrama in (Latino)América.

An introduction to “Docudrama” as a form of factually based, politically-motivated, dramatic writing (film and theater), related to the Chican@/Latin@ experience.   The 1954 Black-listed film, “Salt of the Earth,” will serve as the point of departure for examining the more than half-century of Latin@-oriented Docudrama that followed.  Students will create a short original docudrama at the quarter’s end.

DRAMA 177/277.  Writing for Performance:  The Fundamentals

This course introduces students to the basic elements of playwriting and creative experimentation for the stage.  Topics include:  character development, conflict and plot construction, staging and setting, and play structure. Script analysis of works by contemporary playwrights may include:  Marsha Norman, Patrick Shanley, August Wilson, Paula Vogel, Luis Alfaro and others.  Table readings of one-act length work required by quarter’s end.

Drama 178/278 Intensive Playwriting

Drama 355M  “The (W)Rite to Remember:  Performance and Xicana-Indigenous Thought

Graduate Seminar.  An intensive exploration of Indigenous Thought and Aesthetics as they pertain to the performance and ceremonial practices of Xicana and other Indigenous/African American women artists and spirit practitioners.

 Flor y Canto Poetry Workshop Students 2009