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Performance, Pro-Democracy Protest, and Activism Across Cultures
Essay
Performance, Pro-Democracy Protest, and Activism Across Cultures
by Kristin Idaszak
13 November 2023
Setting the Stage for Empowerment with Theatre of the Oppressed
Essay
Setting the Stage for Empowerment with Theatre of the Oppressed
by Jennifer Schaupp, Felicia Owusu-Ansah
9 November 2023
Female Stories from Kosovo: How Two Plays Look at the Loneliness of Balkan Women
Essay
Female Stories from Kosovo: How Two Plays Look at the Loneliness of Balkan Women
by verity healey
10 January 2023
A group of people hold a white sheet between them on a lawn.
Performance, Pro-Democracy Protest, and Activism Across Cultures
Essay

Performance, Pro-Democracy Protest, and Activism Across Cultures

13 November 2023

Kristin Idaszak reflects on experiencing Theatre Du Polet’s Be Water, My Friend at the Prague Quadrennial. This protest art about Hong Kong’s fight for democracy in 2019, performed in the Czech Republic, crosses cultures, political regimes, and time periods.

Three students stand with two chairs in the middle of a circle of audience members outside.
Setting the Stage for Empowerment with Theatre of the Oppressed
Essay

Setting the Stage for Empowerment with Theatre of the Oppressed

9 November 2023

Applied theatre scholars and practitioners Jennifer Schaupp and Dr. Felicia Owusu-Ansah discuss the empowering potential of Theatre of the Oppressed, and how Felicia has been able to utilize it in Ghana and other places around the world.

Two actors in yellow-green outfits standing over another actor in white lying on a table.
Female Stories from Kosovo: How Two Plays Look at the Loneliness of Balkan Women
Essay

Female Stories from Kosovo: How Two Plays Look at the Loneliness of Balkan Women

10 January 2023

Theatremaker verity healey discusses two plays from Kosovo’s 2022 Theatre Showcase that highlight Balkan women’s stories and struggles.