Breaking the Rules: The Wooster Group by David Savran

Breaking the Rules: The Wooster Group by David Savran

They're the one group as interested in getting into trouble as I am.--Richard Foreman, avant-garde theatre legend

For decades, the Wooster Group has fearlessly explored everything from Our Town, pornography, and The Cocktail Party, to Timothy Leary and the suicide of Spalding Gray's mother. The result is a series of startling collages--The Rhode Island Trilogy, Route 1 & 9, L.S.D.--that invariably arouse excitement and incite controversy

In Breaking the Rules, David Savran captures the essence of the Wooster Group by creating his own collage. Combining detailed description, critical commentary, production photographs, and extensive interviews with company members, Savran brings into sharp focus these remarkable artists and the astonishing pieces they have made.

David Savran is a well-known author who has written extensively about American theater and culture. Communists, Cowboys, and Queers: The Politics of Masculinity in Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams' Work is his most recent work. He is an English professor at Brown University.