Social & Political Activism

Avra Sidiropoulou: Addressing an Age of Upheaval

Avra Sidiropoulou: Addressing an Age of Upheaval

Karen use of the play happens in a most amazing and in a structurally brilliant way. She puts two goddesses that appear to teach us a lesson about how lives…

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BAB On 3 Productions: Acknowledging Our Authentic Selves

BAB On 3 Productions: Acknowledging Our Authentic Selves

We can acknowledge that we're all damaged, we're all broken. That doesn't mean that we're destroyed because beautiful things can grow out of damage. ~ Gina Dobson I'm exploring a…

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Yvette Heyliger: Lessons to Learn

Yvette Heyliger: Lessons to Learn

I am encouraging my students to be students of the world: to look around them, to see what's happening, see how their lives are affected by world events and the…

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Joan Kane: Speaking Truth

Joan Kane: Speaking Truth

I had to tell my story. I needed to be able to say, 'Look, I grew up in a time period in Brooklyn where racism was horrific and it was…

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Emma Palzere-Rae: Raising Representation Awareness

Emma Palzere-Rae: Raising Representation Awareness

Theatre is a way to bring people together in a non-confrontational way. You could do theatre as a political act and say it's a political act; you can do theatre…

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Erika L. Ewing: Fashioning Change

Erika L. Ewing: Fashioning Change

When we're talking about the power of The Arts -- the healing, the transformative powers -- we're really talking about the fact that we're human. We're humanizing the experience of…

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Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change

Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change

The immigrant stories that are here. . . when they see in us the possibility that it's real. That's why I focus on a specific community because we know the…

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Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change

Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change

The immigrant stories that are here. . . when they see in us the possibility that it's real. That's why I focus on a specific community because we know the…

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