Coined by theatre historian and critic Theresa J. May in 2010, fromeco- +dramaturgy.
ecodramaturgy (countable anduncountable,pluralecodramaturgies)
- Theatrical development and production motivated byecological concerns.
2010, Theresa J. May, “Kneading Marie Clements'Burning Vision”, inCanadian Theatre Review, volume144,→DOI, page 6:It also provides an example of what I have begun to callecodramaturgy: that is, play-making (script development and production) that puts ecological reciprocity and community at the centre of its theatrical and thematic intent.
2016, Adeline Johns-Putra, “Climate change in literature and literary studies: From cli-fi, climate change theater and ecopoetry to ecocriticism and climate change criticism”, inWIREs Climate Change, volume 7, number 2,→DOI, page274:The first is the inauguration of a subset of ecocriticism termed ‘ecodramaturgy,’ a term coined by May and further developed by Arons and May.
2020, Catherine Love, “From Facts to Feelings: The Development of Katie Mitchell’s Ecodramaturgy”, inContemporary Theatre Review, volume30, number 2,→DOI, page227:Ecodramaturgy indicates not simply theatre about ecological issues, but theatre that takes up the challenge of the newly expanded frames of thinking entailed by the Anthropocene.
