# On Stage, Off Script: Critical Performance Studies

- By: Stephanie Anderson
- Publisher: De Anza College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/De_Anza_College/On_Stage_Off_Script%3A_Critical_Performance_Studies)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/De_Anza_College/On_Stage_Off_Script%3A_Critical_Performance_Studies
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-248484/pdf

This textbook explores how performance and oral interpretation bring literature to life through voice, body, and connection. Students examine whose voices and stories are valued, how performance shapes identity and culture, and how it can challenge social norms. Through literature, students develop curiosity, empathy, intentional expression, and authentic voices.