The Power of Performance Ethnography

My personal attraction to oral histories really made me very attracted to the idea of performance ethnography as described by Joni L Jones in her “The Role of Embodiment in Cultural Authenticity. In this article Jones admonishes the principals for greater understanding of the performance. First, “the performance should center around an idea or a question rather than provide a general ‘you are there’ atmosphere.” (Jones, p8) Second,”the performance should grow as a collaboration between the ethnographer and the community being presented. In this way the ethnographer remains accountable to her or his fieldwork community’ (Ibid.)
I think the concept of performance ethnography can work even for divergent worlds physically close to that. I am referring to marginalized groups such as the poor, refugees, etc. I think performance ethnography could place the spectator in the middle of worlds that are often ignored.
Among the other tenants of performance ethnography Jones admonishes she cites the need for participation. ‘Participation differentiates performance ethnography from other forms of documentation and representation, and allows performance ethnography to take advantage of its live nature.”(Jones p 10). My question is could performance ethnography be displayed through a more ‘traditional” theatrical performance as opposed to an installation as Jones did? Could the performance have not only a central question but a plot and a through line? Could the audience still need to have the same level of participation if they were observing the story or would the onus be on the audience to participate in the story?