Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater

Perloff's memoir of her career in the theater offers a provocative, passionate and deeply personal view of theater's role today."Her love of people, art, and the human process of creating theater is infectious. She has such a beautiful way of expressing her passion about art and its making that inevitably draws people into her ever-expanding circle. One has no choice but to believe in her passion because she believes in it so fervently herself. That's what makes a natural leader."—Constantine Kitsopoulos, Music Director/ConductorAs San Francisco's legendary American Conservatory Theater prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff pens a lively and revealing memoir of her twenty-plus years at the helm, and delivers a provocative and impassioned manifesto for the role of live theater in today's technology-infused world.Perloff's personal and professional journey—her life as a woman in a male-dominated profession, as a wife and mother, a playwright, directo