Devising Critically Engaged Theatre with Youth

Devising Critically Engaged Theatre with Youth offers accessible frameworks for devising original theatre, developing critical understandings of racial and gender justice, and supporting youth to imagine, create, and perform possibilities for a more just and equitable society.

Dr. Megan Alrutz (she/her) is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she heads the Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities area. She works nationally and internationally as a theatre-maker, as well as an applied theatre facilitator focused on gender and racial justice. Lynn Hoare (she/her) is a nationally recognized facilitator in applied theatre, Theatre in Education, and theatre for dialogue. She is the Senior Director of School-Based Programs at Creative Action, a creative youth development organization, where she uses theatre to activate youth and communities around issues relevant to their lives.

List of Illustrations List of Performance Actions Doing Justice Author Biographies Acknowledgements Authors' Notes 1. Performing Justice Project as Critically Engaged Theatre 2. Preparing Participants and Performing Justice 3. Producing a Performing Justice Project Epilogue Appendix Index of PJP Performance Actions Index Belonging Is Political