Kevin Landis, PhD, MFA is Professor and Director of the Theatre and Dance Program at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA. His numerous published works range from culinary/theatrical intersections, to mobile Shakespeare, to American drag, and a book on performance anthropology. He has written about the Public Theater in American Theatre Magazine ("The Public Theater's Mobile Unit", March 2017) and served as a visiting scholar at the company.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter One: One Public The ParkChapter Two: Delacorte SummersChapter Three: Under the Lights Interlude: Kenny Leon and Beowulf BorittLafayetteChapter Four: Four Twenty-Five Chapter Five: Coming Home Interlude: Justin Vivian Bond and Bridget EverettBroadway "Bound"Chapter Six: Building the Disco Chapter Seven: Listen to Me Interlude: Lin-Manuel MirandaTo the PeopleChapter Eight: Courting Controversy Chapter Nine: The American Neighborhood Interlude: Kwame Kwei-ArmahHopeChapter Ten: Rebirth Epilogue: Oskar Eustis Afterword 2025: Putting it to BedNotes and SourcesIndex

The first book to hold a mirror up to an American theatre in the pandemic era. . . . The Public's leadership role in the field and the challenge of adhering to its increasingly relevant principles make One Public a compelling case study. As American theatre in the 2020s stands on 'the ledge of survival,' this book will be an instructive read for anyone interested in knowing how the field can endure.