Research
America Under the Influence explores the impact of drinking culture on themed and theatrical environments at significant flash points throughout U.S. History. See below for a list of other publications and projects!
Alcohol has a loaded relationship with performance.
Monograph
America Under the Influence: The Politics of Drinking and Immersive Performance (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies). Release date (hardback): September 4, 2023.
Book Chapters
“Artificial Intelligence, Embodied Performance, and Collective Creation: Inspirations, Intersections, Collaborations,” invited chapter in Sentient Books: AI’s Impact on Creation, edited by Sandra Souca and Susana Antunes (under contract, Quod Manet Press)
“The Immersivity of American Tiki Bars” (currently under peer review for Enveloping Worlds (2025, eds. Scott Magelssen and Elizabeth Bradley Hunter, University of Michigan Press)
“Immersive Imbibing,” invited chapter in the “Concessions” section of Theatre Things: Material Theories and Histories, edited by Eero Laine and Andrew Friedman (forthcoming, University of Michigan Press)
Articles
“Bathtub Dramaturgy: An Experimental Syllabus for Theatre and Performance Studies Classrooms,” Performance Matters 8 no. 2 (2023)
“The Dada Dramaturgy of Readymade Cabaret 2.0,” TDR 65 no. 4 (December 2021)
“The Aristocrat of Harlem: Slumming, Immersion and Intoxication in Prohibition-era New York City.” Performance Research Journal 22 no. 7 special issue entitled “Under the Influence.” (November 2017)
Reviews
Invited Book Review of Off Sites: Contemporary Performance Beyond Site-Specific by Bertie Ferdman. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 41 no. 1 (January 2019), 135-136.
“Body Politics in Adham Hafez Company’s 2065 BC,” Invited Performance Review of 2065 BC. Arab Stages 2 no. 2 (Spring 2016).
“Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear.” Invited Performance Review of YOUARENOWHERE. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 38 no. 3 (Fall 2016), 51-57.
Journalism
“Creative Businesswomen and Making Theater Happen.” Invited piece for Howlround.com (July 1, 2013).
Read Chloë's NYC theatre reviews at offoffonline.com.
Conferences
I’m an active member in ASTR, PSi, ATHE, and LMDA. Notable collaborations include:
ATHE 2021: Panel organizer and participant, “Building University “Cultures of Dramaturgy” panel with the paper “A Case Study in Building an (Equitable and Responsive) Culture of University Dramaturgy” for the Dramaturgy Focus Group (DRFG)’s meeting at the annual Association for Theatre in Higher Education (LMDA/ATHE) in Austin, TX (August 5-8).
ASTR 2020: Participant, “Polynesian” Pop: Intoxication and Immersive Escapism in New York Tiki,” a paper in the “Enveloping Worlds” session at the virtual meeting of ASTR (November 7).
PSi 2019: Invited Paper Presentation, “‘Fortune Favors the Bold’: The Elasticizing of Actor/Audience Contracts in a Contemporary Gig Economy,” on the “Economy of Artistic Labour: Neoliberalism and Precarity” Panel, Performance Studies International (PSi) conference, July 4, 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (July 4).
2019: Invited Art Installation, “An Instagram Experiment in #Fashion and #Pedagogy,” at the Doctoral Theatre Students Association (DTSA) Performing Pedagogy, Performance Pedagogy Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center (May 13).