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Title:
Staging social justice : collaborating to create activist theatre / edited by Norma Bowles and Daniel-Raymond Nadon ; with a foreword by Bill Rauch.
Author:
Bowles, Norma, 1961- editor of compilation.

Nadon, Daniel-Raymond, 1960- editor of compilation.
Publication Information:
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Call Number:
PN2049 .S48 2013
Abstract:
"Fringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits' script-devising methodology and their collaborations in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The anthology also vividly describes the transformative impact of these creative initiatives on participants and audiences. By reflecting on their experiences working on these projects, the contributing writers--artists, activists and scholars--provide the reader with tools and inspiration to create their own theatre for social change." -- Publisher's website.
ISBN:
9780809332380
Series:
Theater in the Americas

Theater in the Americas.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 299 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction / Norma Bowles -- Devising Text: Collaborative Decision Making. Teaching without Lecturing: A Lesson in (Re)Writing History / Flint -- Brief Encounters between Disciplines and Cultures: An Analysis of the Dramaturgical Quilting Bee / Carly Halse -- Are You an Inmate? Collective Decision Making in the Development of If Yes, Please Explain / Megan Hanley -- Writing Conflict Out of Schools / Cristina Pippa -- Marketing the Revolution: Aesthetics and Impact of Activist Theatre. Moving beyond the Comfort Zone: The Quest for Theatre for Social Justice Impact / David Kaye -- Inspiring Change and Action: Measuring the Impact of Theatre for Social Justice / Susan V. Iverson -- Sympathy vs. Stigma: Writing the "Victim" / Daniel-Raymond Nadon -- Do Not Try This at Home / Michael Ellison -- A Few More Thoughts about Aesthetics / Norma Bowles -- Community and Coalition Building: Reaching Beyond the Choir. Creating Space for Intergenerational LGBT Community and Movement Building / Diane Finnerty -- What Comes Next? A Guide to Organizing, Activating, and Rallying the College Campus / Amanda Dunne Acevedo and Lindsey Barlag Thornton -- Rehearsing for Dialogue: Facilitation Training and Miami University's A More Perfect Union / Ann Elizabeth Armstrong -- Pushing without Shoving: Ethics of and Emphasis on Target Participation in TSJ Institutes / Bryan C. Moore -- We Are Who We Are: Theatre to Confront Homophobia and Transform Education into Social Praxis / Tracey Calhoun -- Creating a Safe Space and a Great Show. It's Safe to Say / Bernardo Solano and Paula Weston Solano -- Pronouns, Play Building, and the Principal: Negotiating Multiple Sites of Activism in a Youth-Focused Theatre for Social Justice Project / Xanthia Angel Walker -- Creativity or Carnage: An International Theatre for Social Justice Project / Selina Busby and Catherine McNamara -- Adapt the Space! Working with People of Diverse Abilities / Kathleen Juhl and Lindsey Smith -- The Many Players: Perspectives on Diverse Project Roles and Responsibilities. Ripples over the Great Barrier / Rod Ainsworth and Jude Pippen -- Voicing Your Gender, Gendering Your Voice / Rebecca M. Root -- Psychological Reflections on an LGBTQI Theatre for Social Justice Project / Erasmo Tacconelli -- Forum Theatre and the Power of "Yes, and-" / Jessy Ardern -- By Hook or by Crook! Luring the Oppressor into the Lair / Daniel-Raymond Nadon -- A Transformative? and Empowering? Experience. The Wizdom of Us: Reconsidering Identities and Affinities through Theatre for Social Justice / Brooke Kiener -- Wade in the Water / Laura Reed Goodson -- True-to-the-Course: The Learning Curve of a New Teaching Artist / Natalya Brusilovsky -- Bricks and Stones: Bashing Back with a Fistful of Words / Crystal Grills with Flint -- A Few More Thoughts about Transformation / Norma Bowles.
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