This collection of essays investigates dramatic and performative renderings of ‘America’ as an exilic place particularly focusing on issues of language, space, and identity. It explores the idea of ‘America’ – from metaphoric to physical space of exile- and ways in which it has been shaped and transformed through exilic experiences, visions, and performances, but also in the light of the current political climate in the US. It aims to address the problems of representation of the Other on stage and to investigate how ‘America’ and exile are imagined, challenged