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Applied Theatre with Youth is a collection of essays that highlight
the value and efficacy of applied theatre with young people in a
broad range of settings, addressing challenges and offering
concrete solutions. This book tackles the vital issues of our
time-including, among others, racism, climate crisis, gun violence,
immigration, and gender-fostering dialogue, promoting education,
and inciting social change. The book is divided into thematic
sections, each opening with an essay addressing a range of
questions about the benefits, challenges, and learning
opportunities of a particular type of applied theatre. These are
followed by response essays from theatre practitioners, discussing
how their own approach aligns with and/or diverges from that of the
initial essay. Each section then ends with a moderated roundtable
discussion between the essays' authors, further exploring the
themes, issues, and ideas that they have introduced. With its
accessible format and clear language, Applied Theatre with Youth is
a valuable resource for theatre practitioners and the growing
number of theatre companies with education and community engagement
programs. Additionally, it provides essential reading for teachers
and students in a myriad of fields: education, theatre, civic
engagement, criminal justice, sociology, women and gender studies,
environmental studies, disability studies, ethnicity and race
studies.
Applied Theatre with Youth is a collection of essays that highlight
the value and efficacy of applied theatre with young people in a
broad range of settings, addressing challenges and offering
concrete solutions. This book tackles the vital issues of our
time-including, among others, racism, climate crisis, gun violence,
immigration, and gender-fostering dialogue, promoting education,
and inciting social change. The book is divided into thematic
sections, each opening with an essay addressing a range of
questions about the benefits, challenges, and learning
opportunities of a particular type of applied theatre. These are
followed by response essays from theatre practitioners, discussing
how their own approach aligns with and/or diverges from that of the
initial essay. Each section then ends with a moderated roundtable
discussion between the essays' authors, further exploring the
themes, issues, and ideas that they have introduced. With its
accessible format and clear language, Applied Theatre with Youth is
a valuable resource for theatre practitioners and the growing
number of theatre companies with education and community engagement
programs. Additionally, it provides essential reading for teachers
and students in a myriad of fields: education, theatre, civic
engagement, criminal justice, sociology, women and gender studies,
environmental studies, disability studies, ethnicity and race
studies.
In their expose of Gen Z, The New York Times qualified its members
as the "most diverse generation in American history". Recent
Broadway hits have found a successful formula in productions
showcasing the emotional turmoil of contemporary young people, yet
the majority of these works represent predominantly white voices,
both in terms of authorship and representation. Non-white
characters tend to exist only in a world of colorblind casting
rather than speaking to their distinct racial and cultural
heritage. This anthology helps correct that balance and presents a
unique offering of plays written for multicultural teenagers by
diverse authors who have spent a significant part of their careers
working closely with young people in urban settings. The
playwrights - among them award winners such as Chisa Hutchinson and
Nilaja Sun - have created texts that are dramatic and comic,
satirical and earnest, touchingly real, and amusingly surreal.
Varying in length and format, suitable for classrooms and youth
groups of all sizes, the plays address such themes as ethnic and
cultural identity; ancestry and assimilation; bullying and
self-empowerment; disenfranchisement and alienation; parental
pressure to over-achieve, youth activism and community-building;
and the very real perils of daily school life in an era of gun
proliferation.
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