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Performing New Lives draws together some of the most original and
innovative programs in contemporary prison theatre. Leading prison
theatre directors and practitioners discuss the prison theatre
experience first-hand, and offer valuable insights into its role,
function, and implementation. A wide range of prison theatre
initiatives are discussed, from long-running, high-profile programs
such as Curt Tofteland's "Shakespeare Behind Bars" in LaGrange,
Kentucky, to fledgling efforts like Jodi Jinks' "ArtsAloud" project
in Austin, Texas. The book offers unique insights into the many
dimensions of the prison theatre experience, including: negotiating
the rules and restrictions of the prison environment; establishing
trust, teaching performance skills and managing crises; building
relationships and dealing with conflicts; and negotiating public
performances and public perceptions. Excerpts of interviews with
inmates, and a conversation between practitioners in the final
chapter, reveal the impact that prison theatre programs have on the
performers themselves, as well as audience members, and the wider
community. Exploring prison theatre processes and theory with
insights into how it works in practice, and how to replicate it,
this book is essential reading for drama therapists, theatre
artists, and prison educators, as well as academics.
Theatre of Witness is a model of performance that gives voice to
those who have been marginalized, forgotten or unheard in society,
creating a safe forum for audiences to bear witness to real-life
accounts of suffering and transformation. This book chronicles the
author's 26 years of creating and producing theatre with people
whose stories have previously gone untold, including: prisoners and
their families, refugees, immigrants, survivors and perpetrators of
domestic abuse, ex-combatants, teenage runaways, people living in
poverty or without homes, families of murder victims, women in
transition, people in recovery and survivors of war. With an
engaging and heartfelt narrative, it beautifully conveys the key
principles of Theatre of Witness and explores the author's own
journey that led to the conception and growth of this unique model
of performance. Exploring diverse human experiences in the United
States, Poland and Northern Ireland, this book will be of interest
to practitioners and students of applied theatre, peace and
conflict studies, professionals working in conflict resolution,
counselors, psychotherapists, professionals in the field of
criminal and restorative justice, dramatherapists, psychodramatists
and spiritual seekers.
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