Questions for the Corner Stone theater-Joana Knezevic

1) How did you decide to call your theater company "The Cornerstone Theater" and what does that mean to you - what's the secret meaning?

2) How do you target your next community that you will work with? Based on what the Cornerstone chooses one community over another one? How do you choose which story is more urgent to be told?

3) What is the audition process for the professional actors/ actresses?

4) I would like to know more about the methodology of the Cornerstone work? Also, I am interested in the books that you share with your students during the summer residency? Is it the only way to get those books?

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Jeremy Griffith - The Roof is on Fire

1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project? There are many minority teens in low-income, low-opportunity areas who have unheard voices. Their self-esteem isn't cultivated and all of their portrayal in the media is negative. 2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project? Teen voices were unheard, opinions of them were based on negative media stereotypes, and many of them had very poor self-esteem. 3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content? Immersive theatre in the form of car-conversations that audience members could eavesdrop on. 4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that were invested in the project? The teenagers were very invested because of their desire to free their voices. The adults who helped were invested because they wanted to help these kids start to change the narrative. And the d...

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Theater of the Opressed: Kazmiera Tarshis

Theater of the opressed exists to engage the audience and community in the perfrmance. It offers a vehicle for social change at a very accessible level. I think the idea of asking the audience what the right choice is or to come up on stage and be a part of the performance is such an interestig cocept. It reminds me of those books that are "choose your own adventure". This seems to be a belief that many different theaters have in their own company beliefs section so it seems to be a relatively popuar idea within the theater world. Or, at leat, well known. I wonder if having the play interrupted would ruin the imaginary world which has been created. Is there a better way to get the audience involved without changing the traditional structure of a play?

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