“This book is a deep dive into how researchers with or without theatre training can go about creating ethnodrama. It is highly accessible and leads the reader through the steps of producing ethnotheatre, from the drafting of research questions to the ethics of ethnodramatic representation. Salvatore provides in-depth examples of interview protocols and shows the reader how to transform interview transcriptions into a playscript and produce and evaluate the play.”

—Joseph D. Sweet, PhD, Department of English, Theatre, and World Languages, University of North Carolina at Pembroke


“Salvatore offers an in-depth delineation of his approach to ethnodrama as a form of arts-based research, with great influence from verbatim theatre. I would use this book in class or for workshop training. The chapters on how to develop, code, and analyze interviews are very insightful, valuable and clearly articulated. Many mistakes will be avoided by having such a complete, in-depth framing of these processes, along with the helpful samples and examples.”

—Stephen Snow, PhD, Department of Creative Arts Therapies (Emeritus), Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada