Research, Counter-text, Performance: Reconsidering the (Textual) Authority of the Dramaturg

Abstract

Hopkins advances an approach to dramaturgical practice called the "counter-text." This article provides a narrative of Hopkins's work on a production of Naomi Iizuka's Skin, directed by Robert Woodruff in 1995. On this project, Hopkins pursued research that was incorporated into the production in indirect but evocative ways. Conventional approaches to dramaturgical research are compared with the practices of architect Rem Koolhaas. Counter-textual "authority" is twofold: the dramaturg makes productive contributions to the performance text, and is established as an independent and valuable contributor in production.

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