The mission of the Texas Theatre Journal is:

"To publish articles, documents and book reviews relating to theatre and the Performing Arts, with an emphasis on those activities in the State of Texas."

After approval by the Board of Directors in 2004, the editors -- John Hanners of A&M Commerce and James E. Lile, Jr., now of Missouri Southern State University -- assembled an editorial advisory board, a cover designer, a layout designer, and Texas Theatre Journal was on the way.

Articles, essays, interviews, and comment were solicited, assembled and reviewed.

The inaugural issue was printed by the Printing Services of Texas A&M University - Commerce in mid-January 2005 and delivered to adult members registered for the annual convention 26-30 January 2005.

The TTJ is registered with the The Library of Congress' National Serials Data Program and carries the ISSN: 1555-6832.

The TTJ has been listed by subscription agents EBSCO and the German firm Harrassowitz.

Subscriptions for 2006 to date include eight libraries and one individual. An accounting system has been set up for subscriptions. The second issue is well under way and may include publication of TETA student play winners as well as articles vetted by the editorial advisory board.

Call for Papers

Texas Theatre Journal, published by the Texas Educational Theatre Association, welcomes manuscripts on a variety of topics through articles, documents and book reviews related to Theatre and the Performing Arts, with emphases on history, criticism, theory, K-12 pedagogy, interviews, op-ed pieces, performances reviews, and book reviews with an emphasis on the State of Texas. Articles in Spanish are published side-by-side with English translation. Interdisciplinary topics especially are welcomed, as is research projects by graduate students.

Articles received by 1 November will be considered for the January 2007 issue.

Electronic submissions in WordPerfect® or Microsoft Word®. Hard copies accepted in duplicate. Use Chicago Manual of Style.

The inaugural 2005 issue featured a previously unpublished William Saroyan play, Death Along the Wabash, with a commentary on its original 1961 production; an article on George Bernard Shaw as businessman, and a rare interview with Adrian Hall, legendary director and one of the founders of the American Regional Theatre Movement.

The 2006 issue includes an interview with prominent casting director Donn Finn and articles on middle school theatre and gender, disabled actors and theatre, Italian castrati, Thornton Wilder and Gertrude Stein, Ntozake Shange, Elizabethan theatre copyright, Renaissance dance, plus intermissions on Texas film actor John Boles and Mumming and a book review on Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare.

Manuscripts and inquiries, please, to:

John Hanners
Editor, Texas Theatre Journal
P.O. Box 3011
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
or email John Hanners from the site

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