Applied Theatre with Youth : Education, Engagement, Activism (Paperback)

Introduction; PART 1 Engaging Community: Professional Theatres and Youth Ensembles; Initiating Essay: 1 Goodman Theatre: Civic Practice in Service of Community Willa J. Taylor; Response Essays: 2 Playmaking through Polycultural Partnerships - Claro de los Reyes, Marion Lopez, and Amikogaabawiikwe (Adrienne Benjamin); 3 Unleashing the Untold Story: The Carpetbag Theatre Inc. and the Legacy of the T.R.Y. Ensemble - Joe Tolbert Jr.; Roundtable: Discussion with Amikogaabawiikwe (Adrienne Benjamin), Chris Ceraso, Claro de los Reyes, Marion Lopez, Willa J. Taylor, and Joe Tolbert; PART 2 Bridging Divides: Artistic Residencies in Schools; Initiating Essay: 4 Seeing Plays and Writing Plays: Pathways to Understanding - David Shookhoff; Response Essays: 5 "Telling our own story:" Using Digital Storytelling to Redesign Education with Texas and Alaska Youth - Kathryn Dawson; 6 A Translanguaging Stance on Theatre Education - Sindy Isabel Castro; Roundtable: Discussion with Sindy Isabel Castro, Chris Ceraso, Kathryn Dawson and David Shookoff; PART 3 Reframing Narratives: Strategies for Re-envisioning Education; Initiating Essay: 7 Neighborhood Bridges: Rehearsing Transformations in the Classroom and Beyond - Maria Asp, Sonja Kuftinec, Jack Zipes; Response Essays: 8 Room to Play: An Exploration of Resources and Youth Agency - Liz Foster-Shaner; 9 A Tale of Telling Some Truths to Power - Jessica "Decky" Alexander; Roundtable: Discussion with Jessica "Decky" Alexander, Maria Asp, Lisa S. Brenner, Liz Foster-Sander, Sonja Kuftinec, and Jack Zipes; PART 4 Fostering Agency: Social Justice Programs in Urban and Rural Settings; Initiating Essay: 10 From Vision to Implementation: Re-examining Essential Practices for Applied Theatre with Youth - Joshua Rashon Streeter and Nicole Olusanya; Response Essays: 11 A Process-Oriented Approach in Applied Theatre Programming with Youth - Rachel DeSoto-Jackson; 12 Listen to Us!: Teenage Girls Creating Theatre for Social Change Dana Edell, Leonor Duran, Kuenique Allicock; Roundtable: Discussion with Kuenique Allicock, Evelyn Diaz Cruz, Leonor Duran, Dana Edell, Nicole Olusanya, and Joshua Rashon Streeter; PART 5 Celebrating Identities: Spaces to Express Gender & Sexuality; Initiating Essay: 13 Queering Applied Theatre: Working with LGBTQ Youth to Dismantle Systems of Oppression - Alexander Santiago-Jirau; Response Essays: 14 Rehearsing for Life: HOPE IS VITAL, FYI, Sexuality Education for Youth Nik Zaleski and Michael Rohd; 15 Staging Generations of Queer History - Megan Carney, with contributions from Donny Acosta and Sharon Pasia; Roundtable: Discussion with Lisa S. Brenner, Megan Carney, Alexander Santiago-Jirau, Michael Rohd, and Nik Zaleski.; PART 6 Embodying Heritage: Residencies with Indigenous and Immigrant Youth; Initiating Essay: 16 Laughter, Healing and Belonging: Cada Quien Tiene Su Lugar - Macedonio Arteaga Jr. and Alicia Chavez-Arteaga; Response Essays: 17 Tricksterism in Translation - Andres Munar; 18 Ax X’oos Shaxwatix: My Feet Are Firmly Planted Vera Starbard (Tlingit/Dena’ina); Roundtable: Discussion with Macedonio Arteaga Jr., Alicia Chavez-Arteaga, Evelyn Diaz Cruz, Andres Munar, and Vera Starbard; PART 7 Promoting Equity: Practices for Working with Youth and Disabilities; Initiating Essay: 19 Our Story: How Nicu’s Spoon Fosters Representation, Access, and Inclusion for Youth with Disabilities Stephanie Barton-Farcas; Response Essays: 20 Inclusive Theatre as Drama Therapy Sally Bailey; 21 Where We Do The Things They Think We Can’t: The Pegasus Ensemble Scott S. Turner; Roundtable: Discussion with Sally Bailey, Stephanie Barton-Farcas, Evelyn Diaz Cruz, and Scott S. Turner; PART 8 Amplifying Voices: Process and Production with Justice-involved Youth; Initiating Essay: 22 Stargate: A Theatre Company of Imagination, Hope, Life Skills, and Quality Art for Justice-involved Young Men Judy Tate; Response Essays: 23 The Value of Process: Creating Theatre with Incarcerated Youth Erin R. Kaplan; 24 Voices Beyond Bars: Art as a Means of Self-Expression for Incarcerated Youth - Joanne Seelig Lamparter; Roundtable: Discussion with Chris Ceraso, Erin R. Kaplan, Joanne Seelig Lamparter, and Judy Tate; PART 9 Igniting Activism: Performance and Protest with Youth; Initiating Essay: 25 Young Women’s Voices for Change - Beth Osnes, Sarah Fahmy, Chelsea Hackett, and Lianna Nixon; Response Essays: 26 The Voters Are Coming: Moment Work and the National #HereToo Project - Barbara Pitts McAdams; 27 Speak About It: Social Scripts for Consent and Healthy Relationships Olivia Harris; Roundtable: Discussion with Lisa S. Brenner, Sarah Fahmy, Chelsea Hackett, Olivia Harris, Beth Osnes, and Barbara Pitts McAdams