27th Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Conference: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Image Descriptions / Descripciones de las imágenes

Friday May 31, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Long before Image Descriptions went viral as a means to make the internet more inclusive, they were a fundamental tool in Theatre of the Oppressed. This workshop brings Image Description back to its collective roots to make it more salient, powerful, and useful for people who might benefit from it. / Mucho antes de que las descripciones de imágenes se volvieran virales como medio para hacer que el internet fuera más inclusivo, eran una herramienta fundamental en el Teatro del Oprimido. Este taller devuelve la descripción de imágenes a sus raíces colectivas para hacerla más destacada, poderosa y útil para las personas que podrían beneficiarse de ella.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews

Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed

Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews helped start TO Philly as a network of people using PTO techniques in Philadelphia. From 2008 until the start of the 2020 pandemic, TO Philly's work unpacked dynamics of ability, class, faith, gender, migration, race, and other issues in a wide array of... Read More →

Friday May 31, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Fox Hall B

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

10:45am EDT

"Dance of Potentialities:" Theatre of the Oppressed and the Virtues Project / "Danza de las Potencialidades": Teatro del Oprimido y El Proyecto de las Virtudes

Friday May 31, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT

Fox Hall B

Boal developed Rainbow of Desire to unearth the strengths of a healthy personality. Using Image and Virtues Project techniques we will explore how naming and exercising strengths leads to surer paths to our greatest effectiveness as activists and lovers of humanity. / Boal desarrolló el Arcoiris de Deseo para descubrir las fortalezas de una personalidad sana. Utilizando técnicas del Teatro Imagen y del Proyecto de Virtudes exploraremos cómo nombrar y ejercitar las fortalezas conduce a caminos más seguros hacia nuestra mayor eficacia como activistas y amantes de la humanidad.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Jenny Wanasek

Co-Founder, Center for Applied Theatre

Jenny Wanasek (B.F.A. – UW-Milwaukee) is co-founder of the Center for Applied Theatre. Her training includes workshops in TO with Augusto Boal, Beyond Racism and Ally Building with Healing Our Nation, and facilitator certification with The Virtues Project, in addition to her BFA... Read More →

Mark Weinberg

Co-Director, Center for Applied Theatre

Mark Weinberg is co-founder, with Jenny Wanasek, of The Center for Applied Theatre. He began his study of TO with Augusto Boal in 1992 and has conducted workshops and training sessions for educators, administrators, students, business leaders, theatres, NGOs and community organizations... Read More →

Friday May 31, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Fox Hall B

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

3:15pm EDT

The Forum Board Game / El juego de mesa del Teatro Foro

Friday May 31, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT

Fox Hall A

This session builds on traditional Forum Theater introducing participants to an easy-to-recall structure for "storyboarding" an impactful Forum Theater scene, based upon captions. The technique was developed specifically for generating material with pre-teenagers. / Esta sesión se basa en el tradicional Teatro Foro y presenta a lxs participantes una estructura fácil de recordar para crear un guión gráfico de una escena impactante del Teatro Foro, basada en subtítulos. La técnica fue desarrollada específicamente para generar material con pre adolescentes.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Pink Flowers

Director of education and Training, ICC Ann Arbor

Pink Flowers is a Black trans artist, pleasure activist and educator, whose work is rooted in ancient shamanic, African trickster, and Brazilian Joker traditions. Pink uses Theater of the Oppressed, Art of Hosting, Navajo Peacemaking and other anti-oppression techniques, as the foundation... Read More →

Friday May 31, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Fox Hall A

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

5:00pm EDT

Follow the F***ing Money: Newspaper Theatre, Capitalism, & the Critical Reception of Information / “Siga el maldito dinero”: Teatro Periodístico, Capitalismo y la Recepción Crítica de la Información

Friday May 31, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

Fox Hall B

Where to start when staging the news critically? One option: follow the money. Come join us to learn about Newspaper Theatre and practice using it to highlight the financial underpinnings of news sources. We hope that the workshop can be useful for both new and experienced practitioners. This workshop is designed to be accessible for both English and Spanish speakers. ¿Dónde empezar a la hora de presentar las noticias de forma crítica? Una opción: seguir el dinero. Únase a nosotrxs para aprender sobre el Teatro Periodístico y practicar su uso para resaltar los fundamentos financieros de las fuentes de las noticias. Esperamos que el taller pueda ser útil tanto para practicantes nuevxs como experimentadxs. Este taller está diseñado para ser accesible tanto para hablantes de inglés como de español.

Presenters

Kelly Howe

Loyola University Chicago

past PTO conference organizer and past PTO president, current board member, TO practitioner, editor, writer, and translator of TO-related texts, researcher of political theatre, etc

Friday May 31, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Fox Hall B

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

9:00am EDT

Introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed / Introducción al Teatro del Oprimido

Saturday June 1, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Fox Hall A

For those with little-to-no experience of actual Boal-style workshops, participants hear a little basic theory, then do a half-dozen or so TO games. Sharing experiences / questions is welcome throughout. The last activity will be participation in an "actual" Forum Theatre Scene. / Para aquellxs con poca o ninguna experiencia en talleres reales al estilo Boal, lxs participantes escuchan un poco de teoría básica y luego hacen media docena de juegos TO. Compartir experiencias/preguntas es bienvenido en todo momento. La última actividad será la participación en una escena de Teatro Foro "real.”

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Doug Paterson

Shoe Shiner for Augusto Boal, Paulo Freire, etc., Univ of Nebraska at Omaha, Retired

I’ve been fighting for justice, many kinds of justice, for nearly sixty years, and am currently an active member of Nebraskans for Peace / Palestinian Rights Task Force as well as an active member of Omaha Socialists. I earned MA and PhD degrees from Cornell University in the early... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Fox Hall A

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner

9:00am EDT

The Dramaturgy of Forum – Reflecting Complexity (Part 1 of a double session) / La dramaturgia del Teatro Foro: reflejo de la complejidad (Parte 1 de una sesión doble)

Saturday June 1, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Bininger Theatre

This workshop will look at how we make forum models which reflect the complexity and intersectionality of modern society and elicit the maximum response and variety of interventions.This is part 1 of a double session. / Este taller analizará cómo creamos modelos de foros que reflejen la complejidad y la interseccionalidad de la sociedad moderna y provoquen la máxima respuesta y variedad de intervenciones. Parte 1 de una sesión doble.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Adrian Jackson

Adrian Jackson MBE is a theatre-maker, activist, translator and teacher, with a particular expertise in the Theatre of the Oppressed. He translated five books by Augusto Boal into English and collaborated with him on many occasions in the 1990s and 2000s. He was also the founder director... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Bininger Theatre

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

10:45am EDT

The Dramaturgy of Forum – Reflecting Complexity (Part 2 of a double session) / La dramaturgia del Teatro Foro: reflejo de la complejidad (Parte 2 de una sesión doble)

Saturday June 1, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT

Bininger Theatre

This workshop will look at how we make forum models which reflect the complexity and intersectionality of modern society and elicit the maximum response and variety of interventions.This is part 2 of a double session. / Este taller analizará cómo creamos modelos de foros que reflejen la complejidad y la interseccionalidad de la sociedad moderna y provoquen la máxima respuesta y variedad de intervenciones. Parte 2 de una sesión doble.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Adrian Jackson

Saturday June 1, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Bininger Theatre

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

9:00am EDT

TO in performance – provocation and seduction (Part 1 of a double session) / TO en performance – provocación y seducción (Parte 1 de una sesión doble)

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 10:30pm EDT

Miller Auditorium

This workshop will focus on the art of conducting Forum Theatre with audiences new to TO, possibly with different political stances, when we may not be preaching to the choir. Part 1 of a double session. / Este taller se centrará en el arte de dirigir Teatro Foro con audiencias nuevas en TO, posiblemente con diferentes posturas políticas, cuando es posible que no estemos “predicando al coro.” Parte 1 de una sesión doble.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Adrian Jackson

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 10:30pm EDT
Miller Auditorium

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate

10:45am EDT

TO in performance – provocation and seduction (Part 2 of a double session) / TO en performance – provocación y seducción (Parte 2 de una sesión doble)

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT

Miller Auditorium

This workshop will focus on the art of conducting Forum Theatre with audiences new to TO, possibly with different political stances, when we may not be preaching to the choir. Part 2 of a double session. / Este taller se centrará en el arte de dirigir Teatro Foro con audiencias nuevas en TO, posiblemente con diferentes posturas políticas, cuando es posible que no estemos “predicando al coro.” Parte 2 de una sesión doble.

This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.

Presenters

Adrian Jackson

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Miller Auditorium

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

9:00am EDT

“Daring the Impossible: Envisioning Justice Through AI-Inspired Theatre” / Atreverse a lo imposible: imaginar la justicia a través del teatro inspirado en la inteligencia artificial

Tuesday June 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Online Conference Session

Craft stories for change with AI in 'Daring the Impossible.' Learn, play, and explore tech as an ally in justice and peace activism with 'Augusto Boal and Uri Noy Mei / Cree historias para el cambio con IA en 'Daring the Impossible'. Aprenda, juegue y explore la tecnología como aliada en el activismo por la justicia y la paz con ‘Augusto B y Uri Noy Meir

Presenters

Uri Noy Meir

CEO, Bama Maps

Father, Artist, and Founder. I cultivate and design learning spaces inspired by nature and empowered by play.

Tuesday June 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Online Conference Session

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

3:15pm EDT

Historical Narrative Art: Now a Restorative Practice Part 1 / Arte narrativo histórico: ahora una práctica restaurativa Parte 1

Tuesday June 25, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT

Online Conference Session

The workshop will be a presentation on narrative paintings centered on history and a hands on activity where participants will start or create a work of art that is historical in context. / El taller será una presentación sobre pinturas narrativas centradas en la historia y una actividad práctica donde lxs participantes comenzarán o crearán una obra de arte histórica en su contexto.

This is part 1 of a double session. / Esta sesión es parte 1 de un a sesión doble.

Presenters

Dr. Dallas Jackson

Researcher and artist, Dr. Dallas Jackson- artist

I am a practicing artist, research consultant with USF REACH grant, a 30 year educator having led schools in high poverty communities and have worked K12 through postsecondary teaching and leading teachers. My arts practice is focused on historical narratives of African American life... Read More →

Tuesday June 25, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Online Conference Session

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

5:00pm EDT

Historical Narrative Art: Now a Restorative Practice Part 2 / Arte narrativo histórico: ahora una práctica restaurativa Parte 2

Tuesday June 25, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

Online Conference Session

The workshop will be a presentation on narrative paintings centered on history and a hands on activity where participants will start or create a work of art that is historical in context. / El taller será una presentación sobre pinturas narrativas centradas en la historia y una actividad práctica donde lxs participantes comenzarán o crearán una obra de arte histórica en su contexto.

This is part 2 of a double session. / Esta sesión es parte 2 de una sesión doble

Presenters

Dr. Dallas Jackson

Researcher and artist, Dr. Dallas Jackson- artist

Tuesday June 25, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Online Conference Session

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

10:45am EDT

Yes and Yoga / Sí y Yoga

Wednesday June 26, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT

Online Conference Session

Building on the theater golden rule of improv's "yes, and," Kerry leads a meditation, using the senses to spark creativity. Participants warm up with MBSR, Qigong, then reimagine Boal's Games for Actor’s and Non Actors with a trauma-informed approach and consent practices in pairs. / Basándose en la regla de oro de la improvisación, "sí y,” Kerry dirige una meditación, utilizando los sentidos para despertar la creatividad. Lxs participantes calientan con MBSR y Qigong y luego reinventan los juegos de Boal para actores y no actores con un enfoque basado en el trauma y prácticas de consentimiento en parejas.

Presenters

Kerry Warren

alumni, The Juilliard School

I am an actor and teaching artist for 52nd St. Project and Arts Connection.

Wednesday June 26, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Online Conference Session

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

3:15pm EDT

The Equity Academy: An Experiment of Theatre of the Oppressed for Health Equity in a local Public Health Department / La Academia de Equidad: Un experimento de Teatro del Oprimido para la equidad en salud en un departamento de salud pública local

Wednesday June 26, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT

Online Conference Session

The presenter will share their experience practicing Theatre of the Oppressed as part of a team focused on racial/health equity initiatives within a local health department in Austin, Texas, USA. / La presentadora compartirá su experiencia practicando el Teatro del Oprimido como parte de un equipo enfocado en iniciativas de equidad racial/salud dentro de un departamento de salud local en Austin, Texas, EE.UU.

Presenters

Natalie Goodnow

Wednesday June 26, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Online Conference Session

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed

5:00pm EDT

Playground of Curiosity: What is it like when… / Patio de juegos de la curiosidad: ¿Cómo es cuando...?

Wednesday June 26, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

Online Conference Session

Playground of Curiosity: What is it like when...? When you find yourself flummoxed by the people around you due to your disability? When you are with a friend with a disability and no one’s talking about it. This workshop will bring us joy and somewhat a saga! / Patio de juegos de la curiosidad: ¿Cómo es cuando...? ¿Cuando se encuentra desconcertadx por las personas que le rodean debido a su discapacidad? Cuando está con unx amigx con discapacidad y nadie habla de ello. ¡Este taller nos traerá alegría y algo de una saga!

Presenters

elizaBeth Simpson

PhD candidate, University of Illinois

I have been affiliated with Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed since 1999.

Wednesday June 26, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Online Conference Session

Workshop: Techniques and Applications, Theatre of the Oppressed