'Performing Autobiography is a fascinating and important contribution to theatre and drama studies Jenn Stephenson delivers incredibly in-depth analyses and discussions with a lucidity which is only rarely found.' --Michael Heinze, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English vol 2:2:2014 "Performing Autobiographyis a serious advance in state-of-the-art research in Canadian theatre studies, metatheatre, theatrical biography, and autobiography more generally. With considerable scholarly and intellectual rigour, Jenn Stephenson provides careful readings of key contemporary plays. Her study is meticulously researched, but employs that research carefully and wears its learning lightly."--Ric Knowles, Professor of Theatre Studies, University of Guelph "Smart, original, and important, Performing Autobiographyis a model of dramatic criticism and a very well executed record of some contemporary Canadian plays. In this elegantly written study, Jenn Stephenson provides both the necessary information and a wonderful sense of texture so that both the expert and the general interest reader can feel thoroughly engaged. She is to be applauded for the scope of work selected and for her terrific case studies."--Susan Bennett, Department of English, University of Calgary.