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Friday, May 31
 

10:45am EDT

The Benefits and Challenges of University and High School Theater of the Oppressed Collaborations / Los beneficios y desafíos de las colaboraciones del Teatro del Oprimido en universidades y escuelas secundarias
Friday May 31, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
This roundtable discussion addresses the benefits and challenges of developing Theater of the Oppressed University and High School collaborations. Focus will be on the “how to” of collaboration building, as well as opportunities for students and the problems of power differentials in education. / Esta mesa redonda aborda los beneficios y desafíos de desarrollar colaboraciones entre la Universidad y la Escuela Secundaria del Teatro del Oprimido. La atención se centrará en el “cómo” construir colaboración, así como en las oportunidades para lxs estudiantes y los problemas de las diferencias de poder en la educación.

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

Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Professor of History, Literature, and the Arts, Bryant Univerity
Terri began work with Theater of the Oppressed in college classrooms, teaching and developing forum theater and newspaper theater with a women-identified living and learning community. Bryant University has an under-represented number of women-identified folx, creating difficulties... Read More →
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Erin Mulry

Art Teacher, Hope High School
Erin is an Art Teacher at Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island. She teaches theater with a range of student groups, including producing and staging public performances. Introducing students to Theater of the Oppressed is an important part of art expectations in theater education... Read More →
Friday May 31, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Miller Auditorium

1:30pm EDT

Community-based Safety through Abolition / Seguridad basada en la comunidad a través de la abolición
Friday May 31, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Join the Florida-born Dream Defenders (DD, est 2012) — a national, Black-led freedom organization fighting for safety and good life for all — to hear songs, strategies, and stories from Florida’s front lines in the fight against gun violence, white supremacy, and mass incarceration. Meet members from the Bay Area SquaDD organizing here in St. Pete and Tampa Bay, and from the Miami SquaDD, including folks from the Healing and Justice Center, DD’s community-based public safety program.

Simultaneous interpretation into Spanish will be provided via headsets during the all-conference sessions (plenary sessions). If you would like to access the translation into Spanish, please come to the registration table and ask for a headset 5-10 minutes before the all conference session that you are attending.

Únase a Dream Defenders (DD, est 2012)--nacida en Florida, una organización nacional de libertad liderada por negrxs que lucha por la seguridad y la buena vida para todxs–para escuchar canciones, estrategias e historias de las primeras líneas de Florida en la lucha contra la violencia armada, supremacía blanca y encarcelamiento masivo. Conozca a lxs miembros del SquaDD del área de la bahía que se organizan aquí en St. Pete y Tampa Bay, y del SquaDD de Miami, incluso miembros del Healing and Justice Center / Centro para la sanación y la justicia, el programa de seguridad pública comunitario de DD.

Simultaneous interpretation into Spanish will be provided via headsets during the all-conference sessions (plenary sessions). If you would like to access the translation into Spanish, please come to the registration table and ask for a headset 5-10 minutes before the all conference session that you are attending.

Presenters
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Brittany “bk” King

Dream Defenders
Brittany “bk” King (she/her/king) is a poet, playwright, actor, and cultural organizer from South Florida. Bk utilizes film/digital video, music/sound, photography, and theatre to ignite our radical imaginations and create new narratives that she hopes will challenge the status... Read More →
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Yordanos Molla

Dream Defenders
Yordanos Molla (she/her) is a member of Dream Defenders, a Black-led social justice organization working towards building safety for all. Throughout her organizing experience, she has planned events and direct actions, led political education, and built relationships with coalition... Read More →
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Amal Rogers

Healing Educator, Dream Defenders
Amal Rogers (she/her) makes performance, teaches movement, and facilitates healing to encourage people toward greater connection with self and other. She works as a Healing Educator with the Dream Defenders and the Healing and Justice Center. She also works as a Somatic Coach with... Read More →
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Sierra M. Clark

Dream Defenders
Sierra M. Clark (she/her) is an inner well being liaison, spontaneous and trusting community building. She enhances.. she adds value.. she exhorts.. and cares.. that we turn personal and systematic struggles into opportunities for self and community organizing towards inclusivity... Read More →
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Jay James

Dream Defenders
Jay James (they, them, theirs) is a Black, TransNon-binary, Genderqueer, Intersex person whose mission is to organize towards Black, Brown, Indigenous, Queer, and Trans liberation. Jay is a 3rd generation native of St. Petersburg, 7th generation native of Florida, and is a proud Southerner... Read More →
Friday May 31, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Miller Auditorium

5:00pm EDT

Reconnecting Currents: Recollecting Afro-Diasporic Memory, Rituals, and Stewardship / Reconectando corrientes: Recordando la memoria, los rituales y la custodia afrodiaspóricas
Friday May 31, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
The film, Reconnecting Currents, uses site specific performance, and ritual practice as a tool to examine the relationship between marginalized communities and their environments, particularly people of the African Diaspora to freshwater sources. / La película Reconnecting Currents utiliza actuaciones y prácticas rituales específicas de un lugar como herramienta para examinar la relación entre las comunidades marginadas y sus entornos, en particular las personas de la diáspora africana con las fuentes de agua dulce.

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

Doctoral student, Northwestern University Department of Performance Studies
Reconnecting Currents: Recollecting Afro-Diasporic Memory, Rituals, and StewardshipMarsae Lynette is a queer interdisciplinary artist, educator, and scholar from Flint, Michigan committed to creating engaging work that empowers & enlightens. With a recent Master of Fine Arts in Dance... Read More →
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Elisandra Rosario

Reconnecting Currents
Elisandra Rosario is an artist, activist, and curator of space, vibration, and frequency. They were born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, which along with their experience as a DJ, influences their attraction to social dance cultures. They use their passion for curating social spaces... Read More →
Friday May 31, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Miller Auditorium
 
Saturday, June 1
 

1:30pm EDT

Making Theater in Florida: The Power of Community Collaboration and Decolonization!/Haciendo teatro en Florida: ¡El poder de la colaboración comunitaria y la descolonización!
Saturday June 1, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Come learn about Descolonizarte TEATRO (Desco) and its work! Desco is a professional Latinx theater organization, working at the intersection of Latinx, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ identities, and led by people with those same identities. 
Desco programs support and strengthen community capacity in the ongoing process of decolonization, liberation, healing, and community building, and tackle relevant subjects such as immigration, racial justice, healing, HIV/AIDS, Queer and Trans rights, accessibility, disability, and decolonization.

Desco collaborates with local organizations to support and expand their impact and engages with community members using TO and applied theater to uplift their voices during the difficult times faced by minorities in the Sunshine State.
In this session, Desco and community participants will discuss Desco projects involving individuals living with HIV, including an HIV stigma Forum theater piece; projects with Trans and gender non-conforming/nonbinary community members; and Community Conversations using theater and facilitated conversations to bridge gaps between Latinx LGBTQ+, immigrant, and farmworker communities.

Simultaneous interpretation into Spanish will be provided via headsets during the all-conference sessions (plenary sessions). If you would like to access the translation into Spanish, please come to the registration table and ask for a headset 5-10 minutes before the all conference session that you are attending.

¡Ven a conocer a Descolonizarte TEATRO (Desco) y su trabajo! Desco es una organización teatral latinx profesional que trabaja en la intersección de identidades latinx, inmigrante y LGBTQ+, y está dirigida por personas con esas mismas identidades. Los programas de Desco apoyan y fortalecen la capacidad comunitaria en el proceso continuo de descolonización, liberación, curación y construcción comunitaria, y abordan temas relevantes como inmigración, justicia racial, sanación, VIH/SIDA, derechos queer y Trans, accesibilidad, discapacidad y descolonización.

Desco colabora con organizaciones locales para apoyar y ampliar su impacto y se involucra con miembros de la comunidad utilizando TO y teatro aplicado para elevar sus voces durante los tiempos difíciles que enfrentan las minorías en el Estado del sol. En esta sesión, Desco y los participantes de la comunidad discutirán los proyectos de Desco que involucran a personas que viven con el VIH, incluida una pieza de Teatro foro sobre el estigma del VIH; proyectos con miembros de la comunidad Trans y no binarias/no conformes con el género; y Conversaciones en Comunidad utilizando teatro y conversaciones facilitadas para cerrar brechas entre las comunidades latinx LGBTQ+, inmigrantes y trabajadorxs agrícolas.


Se proporcionará interpretación simultánea al español mediante auriculares durante todas las sesiones de la conferencia (sesiones plenarias). Si desea acceder a la traducción al español, acérquese a la mesa de inscripción y solicite unos auriculares entre 5 y 10 minutos antes de la sesión de la conferencia a la que asistirá.

Presenters
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Nadia Garzón

Zero HIV Stigma, Descolonizarte TEATRO
Desco’s Founder and Executive Director. Her work focuses on Latin American theater with an emphasis on theater for social change and the use of theater as a tool for decolonization. Her work is influenced by her activism and at the core of what she does is the belief that our bodies... Read More →
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aaron moore ellis

Board Member & Co-Editor of PTO Journal, PTO
Dream Defender & Descolonizarte TEATRO Grantwriter, Producer, and Program Designer. aaron is a scholar/artist and activist/organizer working between Lenapehoking (nyc) and Timucua, Seminole, and Miccosukee lands (Central Florida). They are a National Queer Theater (NQT) board member... Read More →
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Jonathan Jimenez

Descolonizarte Teatro
Desco Ensemble Member and Director of Finance and Bookkeeping. Jon is a profesional actor, director, and set designer with over 25 years of experience. He is a Venezuelan immigrant (Cuban mother) part of the LGBTQ+ community, and has been working with Descolonizarte TEATRO for 1.5... Read More →
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Natalia Soler

Natalia Soler: Desco Ensemble Member. Natalia, an immigrant from Colombia, has cultivated a rich and dynamic career as an artist, blending a deep understanding of music theory with versatile performance skills. In addition to their artistic pursuits, Natalia is an entrepreneur, running... Read More →
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Andres Acosta Ardila

HIV Stigma Taskforce
Leader of the HIV Stigma Taskforce. He is also a nationally recognized HIV advocate and activist. Previously, Andrés was the program coordinator for the Central Florida HIV Planning Council at Heart of Florida United Way. He’s on the board of directors for LOUD (Latino Outreach... Read More →
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Shea Cutliff

Board Members, Come Out With Pride
Shea Cutliff: A proud woman of color living a transgender experience. Shea is a fearless fighter and advocate for human rights, equity for the marginalized and dignity for all. She is the first transgender woman of color on the One Orlando Alliance board- currently serving as Secretary... Read More →
Saturday June 1, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Miller Auditorium

3:15pm EDT

How to resist fascism with theatre? The example (not the model) of ETP/¿Cómo resistir al fascismo con teatro? El ejemplo (no el modelo) de ETP
Saturday June 1, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
In this session we will discuss how ETP (la Escola de Teatro Popular or the Popular Theatre School) of Rio de Janeiro is doing grassroots work in the most impoverished areas of Rio de Janeiro. The school has groups in 8 different areas of Rio plus a feminist group that is not located in a specific territory. In most of these groups, we are in alliance with social movements that are active in those neighborhoods. Our tactics are based on the belief that, in order to change the world, spreading ideas is not enough – we need to support the construction of practices that are themselves a prefiguration of the world we want. Theatre can be one of those practices. / En esta sesión hablaremos de cómo la Escuela de Teatro Popular (La Escola de Teatro Popular, ETP) de Río de Janeiro está haciendo trabajo de base en las zonas más empobrecidas de Río de Janeiro. La escuela tiene grupos en 8 zonas diferentes de Río más un grupo feminista que no está ubicado en un territorio específico. En la mayoría de estos grupos estamos en alianza con movimientos sociales que actúan en esos barrios. Nuestras tácticas se basan en la creencia de que para cambiar el mundo no basta con difundir ideas: debemos apoyar la construcción de prácticas que son en sí mismas una prefiguración del mundo que queremos. El teatro puede ser una de esas prácticas.

This session will be presented in English, but the facilitator(s) can also answer questions in Spanish, Portuguese, and French. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés, pero el facilitador también puede responder a preguntas en español, portugués, y francés.
Presenters
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Julian Boal

JULIAN BOAL is a teacher, researcher, and practitioner of Theatre of the Oppressed. He has facilitated workshops in more than 25 countries and has collaborated on several international festivals of Theatre of the Oppressed: in India with Jana Sanskriti, in Spain with Pa’tothom... Read More →
Saturday June 1, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Miller Auditorium

5:00pm EDT

Locked In: A Forum Theater Play on Healthcare and Homelessness / "Locked In": una obra de teatro foro sobre la atención sanitaria y las personas sin hogar
Saturday June 1, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Video and Discussion of a Forum play that brought together health workers and people with lived experiences of homelessness to identify disparities and develop co-created solutions through a collaboratively created theatrical presentation and dialogue. / Video de (y una charla sobre) una obra de Teatro Foro que reunió a trabajadorxs de la salud y personas con experiencias vividas de falta de vivienda para identificar disparidades y desarrollar soluciones co-creadas a través de una presentación teatral y un diálogo creados en colaboración.

This session will be presented in English, but the facilitator(s) can answer questions in Spanish, too. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés, pero lxs facilitadorxs también pueden responder a preguntas en español.
Presenters
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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 →
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Maren Ward

zAmya Theater Project
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Aarti Bhatt

zAmya Theater Project
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Mason Persons

zAmya Theater Project
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Jada Windom

zAmya Theater Project
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Shannon Kemp

zAmya Theater Project
Saturday June 1, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Miller Auditorium
 
Sunday, June 2
 

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
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
AJ

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

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
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
AJ

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

12:15pm EDT

Closing Session of the Conference / La sesión de clausura de la conferencia
Sunday June 2, 2024 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
Come to the closing session (all-conference session) ! Help forge the future of PTO! / ¡Vengan a la sesión de clausura (una sesión con toda la comunidad de la conferencia)! ¡Ayude a forjar el futuro de la PTO!

Simultaneous interpretation into Spanish will be provided via headsets during the all-conference sessions (plenary sessions). If you would like to access the translation into Spanish, please come to the registration table and ask for a headset 5-10 minutes before the all conference session that you are attending. / Se proporcionará interpretación simultánea al español mediante auriculares durante todas las sesiones de la conferencia (sesiones plenarias). Si desea acceder a la traducción al español, acérquese a la mesa de inscripción y solicite unos auriculares entre 5 y 10 minutos antes de la sesión de la conferencia a la que asistirá.
Sunday June 2, 2024 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
Miller Auditorium
 
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