Welcome to the new home for ArtsPraxis! ArtsPraxis – Volume 7, Issue 2 engages members of the global Educational Theatre community in dialogue around current research and practice. Our contributions in this issue come from artists and educators whose praxis focuses largely on creating and devising theatre with young people. The first article is from Gina L. Grandi. Upon winning the AATE Distinguished Dissertation honor in 2019, I listened to her give a talk about her devised theatre work with girls of color in New York City. As I am strongly supportive of promoting this culturally relevant dr ..read more

CfP: ArtsPraxis Volume 7, Issue 2b ISSN: 1552-5236 ArtsPraxis Volume 7, Issue 2b looks to engage members of the global Educational Theatre community in dialogue around current research and practice. This call for papers is released in concert with the publication of ArtsPraxis Volume 7, Issue 1 and upon the launch of the new ArtsPraxis homepage. The submission deadline for Volume 7, Issue 2b is July 15, 2020. Submissions should fall under the category of Social Justice Practices for Educational Theatre Call for Papers: Papers should be no longer than 4,000 words, must be accompanied by a 200 w ..read more

ArtsPraxis Volume 7, Issue 2 ISSN: 1552-5236 ArtsPraxis Volume 7, Issue 2 looks to engage members of the global Educational Theatre community in dialogue around current research and practice. This call for papers is released in concert with the publication of ArtsPraxis Volume 7, Issue 1 and upon the launch of the new ArtsPraxis homepage. The submission deadline for Volume 7, Issue 2 is July 15, 2020. Submissions should fall under the category of Educational Theatre in the Time of COVID-19 Call for Papers: Papers should be no longer than 4,000 words, must be accompanied by a 200 word abstract ..read more

The Making Gay History: Before Stonewall cast poses with Eric Marcus (back row, third from left) and Joe Salvatore (back row, fourth from left) during rehearsal. (Courtesy of Eric Marcus) A new production featuring oral histories of LGBTQ+ activism comes to the Provincetown Playhouse beginning February 28. Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots—those six pivotal days of unrest that dramatically accelerated the fight for LGBTQ+ civil rights. But LGBTQ+ activism was alive long before that galvanizing moment in New York City.    Making Gay History: Before Stonewall ..read more

Ursula Hellberg Kaid graduated with an MA in Educational Theatre in January 2019, specializing in applied theatre Tell us about yourself. I am a Chilean actress and educator. I have a BA in Theatre from Universidad de Chile and I graduated from the MA in Educational Theatre for Colleges and Communities in 2019. I am passionate about movement and Contemporary Dance disciplines, as well as literature, films, visual art, and traveling. My Educational Theatre practice happens as a dialogue –a dance– of Theatre and Education. My theatre work nourishes my educational experience vastly and, being ..read more

Saharra Dixon graduated with an MA in Educational Theatre in January 2020, specializing in applied theatre Tell Us About Yourself I am a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) and Community-engaged Theatre Artist. Primarily, I curate interactive and educational arts-based health and social justice interventions, workshops, and performances. I use theatre techniques like play, devising, scripting, improvisation, and Theatre of the Oppressed to achieve this. I believe the arts can be used as a powerful tool for behavioral and social change. I work to empower communities to engage in ..read more

Eric Gelb graduated with a BS in Educational Theatre in January 2020, specializing in theatre performance and production Tell us about your culminating project. My final project was a site-specific production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The show was staged in a real gym where the audience sat in plastic chairs and watched the show under the fluorescent lights of a middle school gymnasium! I knew that I wanted my final mark on the university to be something that rang true to my personal belief in the necessity of musical theatre, but agreed with the conventions of theatre ..read more

The Program in Educational Theatre announces auditions for its Spring 2020 Main Stage Production directed by Joe Salvatore: A new verbatim documentary theatre project adapted from the Making Gay History podcast. The project will explore LGBTQ+ history prior to the Stonewall uprising in 1969. In Winter 2020, NYU Steinhardt’s Program in Educational Theatre will produce a verbatim documentary theatre project adapted from the Making Gay History podcast. The series draws its material from interviews conducted by journalist and author Eric Marcus in the late 1980s and early 1990s and that he p ..read more

This fall, the World Drama course at NYU Steinhardt / Program in Educational Theatre welcomes a variety of theatre professionals to discuss the diverse theatre companies here in New York City. Please join us to hear about the companies and their artistic staff, productions, and vision for theatre in our great city. The second event is Wednesday, November 6 6:45 – 8:25PM Pless Basement Acting Studio 82 Washington Square East Panelists include: Andrew Clarke – Braata Productions AJ Muhammad – FireThisTimeFestival Shaun Neblett – Changing Perceptions Theater If you wish to atten ..read more

By David Montgomery Congratulations to everybody involved in the Program in Educational Theatre’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Soul of Szechuan. What a pleasure it was to see such an outstanding production of Brecht performed in the Black Box Theatre tonight! Exquisitely directed by Dr. Nancy Smither, many of Brecht’s theatre techniques were brilliantly used, including the use of captions, music, songs, actors playing several roles, direct addresses to the audience, and plenty of humor mixed with serious themes and moments. All of these theatrical techniques supported and enha ..read more