How can vinyl records, legal transcripts, classic movies, home recordings, 19th century burlesque routines, or old photographs become the raw materials for some of today’s most compelling theater? And how do these works ask audiences to reconsider our inheritance of the past, creating a dialogue between the past and the present? This practice-based course focuses on theater-makers and processes of production that turn objects, archives and cultural data from the past into vibrant forms of contemporary performance.