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Disability Theatre Workshop

The SF State Theatre Arts Department will host a Disability Theatre Workshop on April 4, 5, and 6, entitled, "Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights." This special 3-day event will be directed by visiting scholar/artist Dr. Victoria Lewis, of the University of Redlands, California.

This interdisciplinary theatre workshop, co-sponsored by the Theatre Arts Department, Institute for Disability Studies, and the Disability Programs & Resource Center, brings together students from theatre, disability studies and the campus at large to explore the impact of disability civil rights and culture on the American stage.

The workshop will include theatre exercises, media analysis, scene studies and readings from contemporary plays by disabled playwrights. It is designed to enrich students' course work in Acting, Theatre for Social Change, and Theatre History, topics focusing on multicultural theatre and diversity in theatre practice and theory. The following agenda is a preliminary schedule for the workshop:

Friday, April 4
4-4:30 p.m. Meet and Greet. (Ensemble, workshop leader and workshop sponsors)
4:30-6 p.m. Introducton ensemble work (Ensemble and workshop leader)
6-7 p.m. Dinner Break
7-9 p.m. "Beyond Victims and Villains: Disability, Democract and the Theater" (Lecture/Demonstration, Open to Public)

Saturday, April 5
9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Discussion of Readings. Introduction to Scene Work. Choral assignments (Ensemble)
12-1:30 p.m. Working Lunch (Ensemble)
1:30-5 p.m. Scene assignnments and rehearsal (Ensemble)

Sunday, April 6
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Scene work and rehearsal of Workshop presentation. (Ensemble)
12-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30- 3:30 p.m. Work scenes and choral selections (Ensemble)
2:30- 4:30 p.m. Final presentation of readings. (Open to Public)
4:30-5 p.m. Q & A with workshop participants, invited respondents and the public. (Open to Public)

The Disability Theatre Workshop will be offered free of charge. However, participation is required for all three days. One unit of an independent study course (THA 699) may be earned for the full 3-day participation

Download an application at the link below and submit to Todd Higgins at the DPRC by email at: toddh@sfsu.edu; in-person at the DPRC, SSB 110; or by fax at: 415-338-1041.

Theater Workshop Application - Microsoft Word Format

Theater Workshop Application - Adobe Acrobat Format
(If you need to download Adobe Acrobat, please download it from the Adobe Acrobat Reader Page.)



Application deadline is March 14

Disability Programs and Resource Center
Student Services Building 110
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132-4046
Phone: 415/338-2472 (voice/TTY); Fax: 415/338-1041

Last Modified Feb 29, 2008, by the dprc@sfsu.edu