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Into abolitionist theatre : a guidebook for liberatory theatre-making / edited by Rivka Eckert.

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"Seeking to transform community-based theatre-making, this book explores the transformative potential of abolitionist theatre, as theatre artists and teachers collaborate with marginalized communities to challenge systems of oppression and inspire profound societal change. Focusing on the idea...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Eckert, Rivka (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Subjects:
Prison theater > Social aspects > United States.
Drama in education > Social aspects > United States.
Prison abolition movements > United States.
Theater and society > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Interlude for section one : Prison Industrial Complex/Capitalism
  • Holding ourselves accountable and holding out for the horizon: Facilitating the arts in prisons / Julie Rada
  • Redefining stereotypes : abolitionist theatre and correctional officers / Rivka Eckert
  • In knowledge we trust(ed) (IKWT) : red tape, White institutions, and Blue students : a case study in abolition theatre / Misty Saribal
  • Amplifying undocumented stories : on resisting the "crimmigration" regime at Albany Park Theater Project / Devika Ranjan
  • Reflection for section one
  • Interlude for section two : no reforms
  • Radical values in reflection : navigating arts and abolition with incarcerated youth / Julie Rada & Maya Osterman-Van Grack
  • Abolition in prisons and teacher education through theatre of the oppressed : a conversation between practitioners & participants / Rachael Rhoades and Lori Pitts
  • Disrupting hierarchies : theatre for social change as rehearsal for liberation in secondary education / Aubrey Helene Neumann:
  • Reflection for section two
  • Interlude for section three : building community
  • The Takers' tower will fall : Epic lessons in co-creation / Mariana Green and Alyssa Ramos
  • Impact : a conversation among Katherine Nigh, Robert Villanueva, and Brandon de Santiago / Katherine Nigh
  • Creating a supernova / Elizabeth Hawes
  • Setting the stage for abolition : civic Ensemble ReEntry Theatre program's Streets Like This / Sarah K. Chalmers
  • Reflection for section three
  • Interlude for section four : interconnection/Future dreaming
  • Spiritual gifts for changing times/paradigms / Tyrell Blacquemoss
  • Gaining freedom and healing through theatre / Lynn Baker-Nauman and Spoon Jackson
  • A play is a vehicle to incite: An interview with playwright Erika Dickerson-Despenza / Nicholas Fesette
  • A queer jail-time : jail-house ballroom culture, disclosure art, and transformative justice in Los Angeles Men's Central Jail / Joey Martinez
  • Reflection for section four.

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