''PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art'', originally ''Performing Arts Journal'', is a triannual

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that was established in 1976 by Gautam Dasgupta and Bonnie Marranca, who still is the

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. It has taken a particular interest in contemporary

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and features expanded coverage in video, drama, dance, installations, media, and music and publishes essays, interviews and artists' writings, reviews of new exhibitions, performances, and books, and also plays and performance texts from the United States and elsewhere. The journal is published by

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. PAJ Publications, the journal's book division, regularly publishes plays and essay collections on theater and performance.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: * Arts and Humanities Citation Index *

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/Arts & Humanities * EBSCO databases *

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* ProQuest databases *

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Books

PAJ Publications, the journal's book division, publishes titles on theater and performance. The book division's long-running series ''Word Plays'' was dedicated to new American theatre, while ''Drama Contemporary'' collected translations of new plays from across Europe and Asia. ''Performance Ideas'' has featured plays, essays, and conversations. Previously affiliated with Johns Hopkins University Press, PAJ Publications is currently distributed through

Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States. The organization also publishes ''American Theatre'' magazine and ''ARTSEA ...

References

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