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

10:45am EDT

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

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

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 of 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!

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

Presenters

elizaBeth Simpson

PhD candidate, University of Illinois

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

Saturday June 1, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Triton's Pub

Workshops: Anti-Oppression, Both Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

3:15pm EDT

Naked Gender: The Revolution of my Queer Body / Género desnudo: la revolución de mi cuerpo queer

Saturday June 1, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT

Fox Hall B

Participants will use Image Theater and games from the arsenal of the theater of the oppressed to explore their own queer identity, even if they do not identify as queer. / Lxs participantes utilizarán Image Theatre y juegos del arsenal del Teatro del Oprimido para explorar su propia identidad queer, incluso si no se identifican como queer.

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

Presenters

S Leigh Thompson

Joyful Trouble-Maker

I am a queer and trans, white and Native person with disability living in the unceded occupied lands of the Munsee Lenape. I first learned about Theatre of the Oppressed as a student a UNO from my theatre professor Doug Paterson. He invited me to a workshop with Augusto Boal and my... Read More →

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 →

Saturday June 1, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Fox Hall B

Workshops: Anti-Oppression, Both Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced

5:00pm EDT

Playing & Plotting / Jugar y tramar

Saturday June 1, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

Bininger Theatre

Bring your needs and your questions, and we’ll play games and plot through our struggles. This is “networking” and conspiring, PTO-style. Come for the intimacy, vulnerability, and laughter – leave with new tools, connections, and affirmations for your inner child. All in the name of liberation. / Traiga sus necesidades y sus preguntas, y jugaremos y tramaremos nuestras luchas. Esto es “trabajo en red” y conspiración, al estilo PTO. Venga por la intimidad, la vulnerabilidad y la risa; váyase con nuevas herramientas, conexiones y afirmaciones para su niño interior. Todo en nombre de la liberación.

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

Presenters

Evren Wilder Elliott

Evren Wilder Elliott (He/They) loves telling and sharing stories. Evren is a strategist, joker, facilitator and storyteller who has called Indianapolis his home for the past decade. His current project, “Imagining Home: liberatory theatre and speculative solutions for housing justice... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Bininger Theatre

Workshops: Anti-Oppression, Both Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

Audience Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced/Experienced