Tuesday, May 26, 2020
How to intentionally create inclusive communities through the power of theater with a focus on capacity building and spiritual empowerment.
With the objective to bridge the divide, to raise consciousness, and break down the roots of racism and bigotry we will discuss opportunities for using theater as a tool for healing within a spiritual perspective. Exploring the power of theater as a tool for moral reasoning, we will discuss the Children’s Theater Company’sapproach to creating a theatrical experience that not only bears witness to humanities’ past, but that through an authentic interaction with audiences, we can create a profound community of listeners and change agents. We will review audience engagement tools and how audience-driven post-show workshops, within safe spaces, can reveal how dialogue and empathy are inextricably linked.
The Children’s Theater Company has a social-justice imperative at its core. By developing musicals that cultivate an understanding of the personal, cultural and spiritual forces that shape society, CTC’s original musicals explore the theater’s power to impact diversity, to develop empathy and compassion for the human condition, and to allow us to learn from lives we’ve never lived. The Children’s Theater Company is rooted in the belief that through the magic of theater youth can become the voices of positive change and agents of healing in their communities.
List of Books (and a website) shared by CTC of NY
Rebekah Gienapp’s barefootmommy.com
You’ll find on this website Rebekah’s book entitled “How to Raise Anti-racist Kids,” and other resources for white people, especially parents and other educators.
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome —Dr. Joy Degruy
White Fragility —Robin De Angelo
White Like Me —Time Wise
How To Be An Antiracist —Ibram X. Kendi
Ouch That Stereotype Hurts —Leslie Aguilar
Message from CTC and Survey Invitation
“Thank you so much for attending our Theater As a Tool For Moral Reasoning Webinar hosted by the Wilmette Institute. Community engagement and participant feedback is an integral part of our company practices so we would greatly appreciate it if you participated in a brief survey about your webinar experience. As a token of our appreciation, you will have access to free downloadable music from our award-winning show Henry Box Brown: A Musical journey. You will also have the option to opt-in or opt-out of our newsletter to receive updates on our plans. Thank you for your time.”
