Zachary F. Price
Associate Professor, Drama
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Associate Professor, African American Studies
School of Humanities
School of Humanities
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Theater and Performance Studies
M.F.A., New School University, Theater Studies (Dramatic Writing)
B.S., Northwestern University, Performance Studies
M.F.A., New School University, Theater Studies (Dramatic Writing)
B.S., Northwestern University, Performance Studies
University of California, Irvine
249 Drama
Mail Code: 2775
Irvine, CA 92697
249 Drama
Mail Code: 2775
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Theater and Performance Studies, African American Drama and Black Cultural Expression, Black Studies, Afro Asia, Cultural Studies, Kinesthesia, Film and Media, Dramatic Writing (playwriting, screenwriting, and episodic drama)
Appointments
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (2015 - 2017)
Publications
BOOKS
Black Dragon: Afro Asian Performance and the Martial Arts Imagination. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2022. (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism).
ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND REVIEWS
*Price, Zachary F. "Performance Review: The Piano Lesson." the Black Theatre Review 2, no. 1 (2023): 74-76.
• Divine Days by Leon Forrest. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 2023. (a 1168-page novel page novel with preface by Zachary Price introduction by Kenneth Warren).
• “Shuffle Along: Part II”, New York 1920s, Published July 23, 2021 (Invited).
• “Bruce Lee’s Dancing Fight: David Henry Hwang’s Kung Fu on Stage” Sports on Stage. Routledge: New York. Edited by Eero Laine and Broderick Chow, (August 21, 2021)
• “A Poetics of Performance Liberation: A Conversation about The Odyssey Project,” Classics and Prison Education in the US. Routledge: New York. Edited by Emilio Capettini and Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, (May 24, 2021).
• “Remembering Fred Ho: The Legacy of Afro Asian Futurism,” TDR: The Drama Review. (2016) Vol. 60, No. 2, (T230), 48 - 67
• “Economies of Enjoyment and Terror in Django Unchained and 12 Years a Slave,” The Postcolonialist. Vol. 2, Number 2 (2014)
• “The Odyssey Project: A Martial Arts Journey Toward Recovery and Liberation,” Theatre Topics. Johns Hopkins University Press. Vol. 24, Number 1 (2014), 39-50
• “2014 Hollywood Diversity Report: Making Sense of the Disconnect,” Bunche Center for African American Studies. Hunt, D., and Ramon, A.C., Price, Z. (pp. 1-33). UCLA, 2013
BOOK REVIEWS
• “Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture,” The National Review of Black Politics. University of California Press. Volume 1, Issue 2 (April, 2020)
• “Resounding Afro Asia: Interracial Music and the Politics of Collaboration,” TDR: The Drama Review. (2017) Vol. 61, Number 3, Fall (T235), pp. 188-190 (Review)
• “Yellow Power Yellow Soul: The Radical Art of Fred Ho,” In Journal of Asian American Studies. Edited by Roger N. Buckley and Tamara Roberts. Vol. 17, Number 1 (Spring), 118-120
Black Dragon: Afro Asian Performance and the Martial Arts Imagination. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2022. (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism).
ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND REVIEWS
*Price, Zachary F. "Performance Review: The Piano Lesson." the Black Theatre Review 2, no. 1 (2023): 74-76.
• Divine Days by Leon Forrest. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 2023. (a 1168-page novel page novel with preface by Zachary Price introduction by Kenneth Warren).
• “Shuffle Along: Part II”, New York 1920s, Published July 23, 2021 (Invited).
• “Bruce Lee’s Dancing Fight: David Henry Hwang’s Kung Fu on Stage” Sports on Stage. Routledge: New York. Edited by Eero Laine and Broderick Chow, (August 21, 2021)
• “A Poetics of Performance Liberation: A Conversation about The Odyssey Project,” Classics and Prison Education in the US. Routledge: New York. Edited by Emilio Capettini and Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, (May 24, 2021).
• “Remembering Fred Ho: The Legacy of Afro Asian Futurism,” TDR: The Drama Review. (2016) Vol. 60, No. 2, (T230), 48 - 67
• “Economies of Enjoyment and Terror in Django Unchained and 12 Years a Slave,” The Postcolonialist. Vol. 2, Number 2 (2014)
• “The Odyssey Project: A Martial Arts Journey Toward Recovery and Liberation,” Theatre Topics. Johns Hopkins University Press. Vol. 24, Number 1 (2014), 39-50
• “2014 Hollywood Diversity Report: Making Sense of the Disconnect,” Bunche Center for African American Studies. Hunt, D., and Ramon, A.C., Price, Z. (pp. 1-33). UCLA, 2013
BOOK REVIEWS
• “Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture,” The National Review of Black Politics. University of California Press. Volume 1, Issue 2 (April, 2020)
• “Resounding Afro Asia: Interracial Music and the Politics of Collaboration,” TDR: The Drama Review. (2017) Vol. 61, Number 3, Fall (T235), pp. 188-190 (Review)
• “Yellow Power Yellow Soul: The Radical Art of Fred Ho,” In Journal of Asian American Studies. Edited by Roger N. Buckley and Tamara Roberts. Vol. 17, Number 1 (Spring), 118-120
Professional Societies
American Society for Theatre Research
Other Experience
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University (Performance Studies) 2017—2020
Texas A&M University (Performance Studies) 2017—2020
Link to this profile
https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=7157
https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=7157
Last updated
08/06/2023
08/06/2023