生态戏剧是世纪之交在美国出现的一种戏剧思潮和戏剧形式。它的兴起最初源自生态危机对美国戏剧人的刺激和逼仄,后在戏剧学界和生态戏剧节等因素的推动下,影响日渐扩大,吸引了大量的剧作家、表导演和戏剧学者的参与。一批优秀的原创生态戏剧脱颖而出,主题多元,演剧形式多样,成为21世纪美国戏剧文学和表演艺术的重要收获。 Ecological theater is a kind of dramatic thought and drama that appeared in the United States at the turn of the century. Its rise from the beginning of the ecological crisis stimulated and cramped the American theater people. With the promotion of such fields as the theater academy and the Eco-Theater Festival, its influence expanded gradually and attracted a great number of dramatists, table directors and theatrical scholars. A group of outstanding original ecological plays come to the fore, with diverse themes and various forms of drama, which have become important rewards for American theater literature and performing arts in the 21st century.