Youth and Theatre of the Oppressed (PDF)

Chen Alon, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Brent Blair, University of Southern California, USA
Augusto Boal, founder of Theatre of the Oppressed
Julian Boal, Group of Theatre of the Oppressed-Paris, France
Diane Conrad, University of Alberta, Canada
Andrea Dishy, City University of New York, USA
B. J. Dodge, California Institute of the Arts, USA
Sanjoy Ganguly, Jana Sanskriti
Linda Goulet, First Nations University, Canada
Glenn M. Hudak, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA
Sonja Arsham Kuftinec, University of Minnesota, USA
Warren Linds, Concordia University, Canada
Christina Marin, New York University, USA
Karina Naumer, freelance educational drama specialist
Johnny Saldana, Arizona State University, USA
Mady Schutzman, California Institute of the Arts, USA
Chris Vine, City University of New York, USA

"A much-awaited collection...Youth and Theatre of the Opressed offers readers guidance on using theatre to transform lives, maximizing theatre's potential as an effective educational tool, and encouraging youth to imagine a more just and democratic future." - TYA Today

'Youth and Theatre of the Oppressed 'seeks to investigate critically the practitioner's praxis and to start a dialogue about the intersections of TO and Youth' (xii), and the editors of this volume follow through on this promise, offering a dynamic collection of essays that document artists' efforts to work against oppression, while acknowledging the complex contexts that shape young people's experiences. . .this volume offers provocative and practically grounded applications of TO specifically aimed at reaching children and young people. The dialogues initiated in this text ultimately invite, if not implore, readers to imagine and create a theatre in which youth can engage political issues and remodel their world.' - Theatre Journal

"The great achievement of this project is its gathering of specific writings by some of the best theorist/practitioners in the movement for Theatre of the Oppressed and Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Chen Alon, Mady Schutzman, Brent Blair, Sanjoy Ganguly, Sonja Kuftinec, Johnny Saldana, many others, and of course Julian Boal - the table of contents alone promises a vigorous and provocative adventure. That it addresses one of the most important and insurgent practices - TO with young people - places it on the 'essential' list for those pursuing liberatory theatre and education." - Doug Paterson, Founder, Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc. and Professor of Theatre, The University of Nebraska at Omaha