Into Abolitionist Theatre

ISBN-13: 9781032472379 / Twarda / 2024 / 336 str.

Opis

Seeking to transform community-based theatre-making, this book explores the transformative potential of abolitionist theatre, as theatre artists and teachers collaborate with marginalized communities to challenge systems of oppression and inspire profound societal change.

Spis treści

Section 1: Prison Industrial Complex/Capitalism

1. Interlude for section one

2. Holding Ourselves Accountable and Holding Out for the Horizon: Facilitating the Arts in Prisons

Julie Rada

3.Redefining Stereotypes: Abolitionist Theatre and Correctional Officers

Rivka Eckert

4. In Knowledge We Trust(ed) (IKWT): Red Tape, White Institutions, and Blue Students: A Case Study in Abolition Theatre

Misty Saribal

5. Amplifying Undocumented Stories: On Resisting the “Crimmigration” Regime at Albany Park Theater Project

Devika Ranjan

6. Reflection for Section One

Section 2: No Reforms

7. Interlude for section two

8. Radical Values in Reflection: Navigating Arts and Abolition with Incarcerated Youth

Julie Rada and Maya Osterman-Van Grack

9. Abolition in Prisons and Teacher Education through Theatre of the Oppressed: A Conversation between Practitioners & Participants

Rachael Rhoades and Lori Pitts

10. Disrupting Hierarchies: Theatre for Social Change as Rehearsal for Liberation in Secondary Education

Aubrey Helene Neumann

11. Reflection for Section Two

Section 3: Building Community

12. Interlude for section three

13. The Takers’ Tower Will Fall: Epic Lessons in Co-Creation

Mariana Green and Alyssa Ramos

14. Impact: A Conversation among Katherine Nigh, Robert Villanueva, and Brandon de Santiago

Katherine Nigh

15. Creating a Supernova

Elizabeth Hawes

16. Setting the Stage for Abolition: Civic Ensemble ReEntry Theatre Program’s Streets Like This

Sarah K. Chalmers

17. Reflection for Section Three

Section 4: Interconnection/Future Dreaming

18. Interlude for section four

19. Spiritual Gifts for Changing Times/Paradigms

Tyrell Blacquemoss

20. Gaining Freedom and Healing Through Theatre

Lynn Baker-Nauman and Spoon Jackson

21. A Play is a Vehicle to Incite: An Interview with Playwright Erika Dickerson-Despenza

Nicholas Fesette

22. A Queer Jail-Time: Jail-house Ballroom Culture, Disclosure Art, and Transformative Justice in Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail

Joey Martinez

23. Reflection for Section Four

O autorze

Rivka Eckert is an Assistant Professor in the Theatre and Dance Department at SUNY Potsdam, USA. Eckert is a community cultural development theatre-maker using performing arts as a means of cross-cultural communication. She has taught Theatre and English in prisons, high schools, and middle schools and worked with the Peace Corps in Samoa and Liberia.