Katrina on Stage

Katrina on Stage: Five Plays, edited by Lisa S. Brenner and Suzanne M. Trauth, collects dramatic works responding to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Rooted in factual events, the plays serve a documentary purpose while using the tools of drama to personalize the anguish, displacement, and loss experienced by individuals and communities.

Beyond individual tragedy, the collection engages with the deeper social, political, and environmental failures that compounded the disaster in New Orleans, alongside the courage and communal resilience that emerged in response.