A collection of essays, dialogues and performance texts on the subject of lesbian live performance art.

The first text to focus exclusively on lesbian performance work, Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender, and Performance draws on the experiences and expertise of a wide range of lesbian practitioners and theorists to explore the impact and influences of sexuality and gender on performance art. Essays, dialogues, and performance texts from theatre directors, performers, theorists, playwrights, and performance writers produce a diverse portrait of lesbian live performance art. Readers will learn why live performance allows women artists to work without constraint and how definitions gender and sexuality are changing.