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The Wooster Group's Document-Based Reenactments

other · 2026-04-24

Since the 1970s, The Wooster Group has blended theater and media. Their recent works, The Town Hall Affair and Early Shaker Spirituals: A Record Album Interpretation, are based on documents and the practice of reenactment. The same principle is at work in their other productions.

Key facts

  • The Wooster Group has been active since the 1970s.
  • They combine theater and media.
  • Their recent works include The Town Hall Affair and Early Shaker Spirituals: A Record Album Interpretation.
  • These works are based on documents.
  • They use the practice of reenactment.
  • The same principle applies to other productions.

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Institutions

  • The Wooster Group

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