Applied Theatre and Intercultural Dialogue: Playfully Approaching Difference

In: Palgrave Studies in Play, Performance, Learning, and Development Series

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Applied Theatre and Intercultural Dialogue -- Contents -- About the Author -- A Note on Images -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Applied Theatre and Intercultural Dialogue -- Play -- The Case Studies -- A Facilitator, an Ethnographer, a White American Man -- Works Cited -- Chapter 2: "Stepping Out": The Physical Play and Incorporeal Dialogue of Applied Theatre Processes -- Moment #1: On the Alterity of the Duel -- Moment #2: The Incorporeality of Image-Making -- Moment #3: The Collective Play of Viewpointing -- Moment #4: The Creative Intimacy of the Audible Circle -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3: Role-Play: Performing Variability, Embracing Communitas, and Obfuscating Racial Tension -- From Physical Play to Role-Play: The Arc of the Drama Program -- Creative Intimacy as a Roadblock to Dialogue -- A Gentle Nudge -- Final Thoughts on the "Big House" -- Works Cited -- Chapter 4: It's Personal: Autobiographical Stories as Catalysts for Playful Dialogue -- Subterranean Dialogue: An Introduction -- Cultivating Play at Central High School -- The Pursuit of "Authenticity" -- "Genuine Dialogue" -- The Push -- Privileging the Personal (over the Systemic) -- Reaching for the Systemic -- Works Cited -- Chapter 5: Mythical Play: Embodying the Epic -- Sustaining Tension in Abraham's House -- Shielded from Scrutiny -- Beyond the Abraham Story: A Pattern of Identifying Inequity -- Pivoting Back -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 6: Punctured Play: A Dramaturgy of Absorption, Interruption, and Interrogation -- Introduction: Stumbling into Forum Theatre, Discovering an Impassioned Voice -- A Forum for Interrupted Play -- Playful Transformations -- An Interruptive Discussion -- A Dramaturgy of Absorption, Interruption, and Interrogation -- Works Cited -- Chapter 7: Epilogue: Beyond Theatre.