Keith Byron Kirk is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has a prolific career encompassing acting, directing, playwriting, and academia and has made significant contributions to the field.

A Note in Memoriam: Remembering Dr. Edmond Williams by Maegan McNerney Azar

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Introduction: Objects Walk the World: Little Amal from Calais to Baltimore by Keith Byron Kirk

Objects and Bodies by Claudia Orenstein

Akbar Imhotep and the African American Object Performance Complex by Paulette Richards

Stitched into the Story: Creating Connections through Quilting in A Monster Calls by Skye Strauss

Mask-making and Performance in Southern Louisiana Mardi Gras Traditions by Kyla Kazuschyk

Pandemic-Era Mask Performance: An Analysis of the Performing Medical Face Mask by Rebecca Johnson

The “Henry Rifle” on the German Stage: Karl May’s Depiction of the American West as “Dark and Bloody Grounds” by Elisabeth Hostetter

Silent Reflections—A Clown-Noir Cabaret: Transformation of Object and the Feminist Clown by Francesca Marie Chilcote, Dory Sibley, and Echo Sunyata Sibley (the Women from Mars Theatre)

The Costumes of Sonia Biacchi: Exploring the Object+Body+Dynamic by Ashley Bellet

Why Objects Matter by Jesse Njus

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