Boal's work in US

Mon Jun 23 13:35:29 CDT 2008

For those interested in getting more involved with Boal's work here in the US, 
  Here is the group which has been working with Boal's work for many years with Marc Weinblatt heading things up there in Port Townsend Washington State. 

MANDALA CENTER NEWS – FALL / WINTER 2007-2008

In this issue:
• 10TH Annual Summer T.O. Trainings Plus 2 Others
• Mandala in South Africa!
• Other Project Highlights
• Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble Update & Events

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• 10th ANNUAL SUMMER T.O. TRAINING PLUS 2 OTHERS

Registration is now open for our 10th annual summer T.O. Facilitator 
training intensive, “Waging Peace – Designing Justice”, in Port 
Townsend, WA.  Participants join us from across the U.S. and abroad for

this playful and provocative week. In addition, this summer, we are 
adding 2 new week-long intensives – an advanced T.O. training in 
Calgary, Canada and a workshop combining T.O. and Playback Theatre in 
the New York City area.  See the following for basics; for more 
details, go to our website http://www.mandalaforchange.com  or contact 
us at info at mandalaforchange.com  360-344-3435.

1) “THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED FACILITATOR TRAINING:
WAGING PEACE – DESIGNING JUSTICE”
Facilitated by Marc Weinblatt
June 23-28, 2008
Port Townsend, WA

2) “VISION INTO ACTION: COMBINING PLAYBACK THEATRE AND THEATRE OF THE

OPPRESSED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK”
Facilitated by Hannah Fox and Marc Weinblatt
In association with the Center for Playback Theatre
July 1-5, 2008
Purchase, NY (45 minutes from NYC)

3) “THE ART OF THE JOKER: T.O. TRAINING FOR EXPERIENCED
 PRACTITIONERS”
Facilitated by Michele Decottignies and Marc Weinblatt
In association with Stage Left Productions
July 20-24, 2008
Calgary, Canada
(Application required)

• MANDALA IN SOUTH AFRICA!
Mandala Center director, Marc Weinblatt, recently returned from leading

an extraordinary 10-day T.O. training for 26 grassroots community 
workers in Durban, South Africa.  Under the auspices of the 
Durban-based Democracy Development Program, this intensive “train the

trainers” event included two public interactive “Forum Theatre” 
performances – one for the general public and one for Zulu youth in 
KwaMashu, Township.  Themes brought forth in the Forum plays created by

the participants included racism, cultural diversity, crime, gender 
oppression, and domestic violence.  The goal of the training was to 
provide an authentic experience in the transformative power of the 
Theatre of the Oppressed process as well as train the participants to 
use the techniques in their own grassroots contexts.  The hope is that,

from this experience, the participants will have the skill as well as 
the confidence to add this highly experiential tool to the work they 
are already doing in the community towards the healing and 
re-democratization of South Africa.  Fantastic!  A more detailed report

will be available soon.

• OTHER PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Some current and upcoming projects of the Mandala Center include:

1) Anti-Oppression “Train the Trainers” workshops for Global
 Visionaries
Seattle, WA – September 22, 2007 through January 19th, 2008.
Cheryl Harrison and Marc Weinblatt lead a series of training sessions 
to prepare youth leaders to facilitate T.O. based Anti-Oppression 
workshops.  These select youth will then lead retreats in the winter 
and spring as part of Global Visionaries (GV) program for high school 
students who will participate in upcoming service trips to Guatemala. 
This continues our long-term relationship with GV, using T.O. and other

participatory diversity education tools to generate dialogue around 
racism, sexism, classism, and imperialism as it relates to the 
students’ lives at home and as U.S. travelers in rural Central
 America. 
  Organized by Andrew Green – andgreen at gmail.com     
http://www.global-visionaries.org

2) Diversity workshop for PATH
Seattle, WA – December 13, 2007.
Cheryl Harrison leads a session on diversity for staff of this global 
health organization.  Organized by Jeanette Lim – jlim at path.org

• “POETIC JUSTICE THEATRE ENSEMBLE” UPDATE & EVENTS
The Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble, now in its 6th season as a 
community service project of the Mandala Center, christened the season 
on October 23rd with:
   “OUT AND PROUD ON THE PENINSULA: LGBTQUEER VISIBILITY - DOES IT
 EVEN 
MATTER?”
Celebrating LGBTQ History month in association with the Peninsula Pride

Alliance.  This event, for members of the LGBTQ community as well as 
friends, family, and allies explored how to create a safe and healthy 
community for all regardless of gender and/or sexual orientation.

After the New Year, Poetic Justice returns to the Boiler Room, Port 
Townsend’s youth driven coffee house and community center.  This 
intergenerational dialogue is free and open to the general public.  
Please contact us, or the Boiler Room, for more information:
 “MENDING THE GAP: WHAT YOUTH WANT AND DON’T WANT FROM ADULTS IN
 THE 
COMMUNITY”
 When: Thursday, January 10th @ 4:30 PM
 Where: The Boiler Room – 711 Water St., Port Townsend
 Cost: Free (donations welcome to benefit the Boiler Room)
 Info: info at mandalaforchange.com   360-344-3435
  or the Boiler Room 360-385-8247

Though some of our interactive performances are open to the public, 
many are oriented for specific audiences around shared concerns.  
Poetic Justice’s mission is, in part, that of local community service

so most of what we do is offered free of charge when in support of 
marginalized populations. Please let us know if your organization is 
interested in having us provide a performance / dialogue with your 
group. If you wish to be kept informed and possibly attend any Port 
Townsend area performances relevant to you, please make sure we have 
your e-mail and specify that we put you on our  “LOCAL LIST.”

A dedicated multi-generational team, current members range in age from 
14-79 years old – our widest age spread ever!  Using a rare blend of 
Theatre of the Oppressed and Playback Theatre techniques, the troupe's 
focus is on stimulating community dialogue and inviting positive action

around burning social issues. Current Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble 
members are:
Erica Brunquist
Camille Hildebrandt
Sheila Khalov
Chelah MacCalla
Mickey McKinney
Raven McMillen
Daniel Nidzgorski
Julie Plachta
Alia Stevens
Zeke Wakefield (musician)
Marc Weinblatt

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Roy Ford <royford at regrouptheater.org> wrote:
    FYI: two web sites for Theater of the Oppressed (Boal)http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/en/index.php?nodeID=3

  http://www.ptoweb.org/conference.html  (Boal/Freire,Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

  Roy

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