Devised and Applied Theatre 

Prison Theatre 

In 1999, I facilitated a workshop for women inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a federal prison in downtown Chicago.  Sponsored by Still Point Theatre Collective, the 8-week session used dialogue, improvisation and creative writing to devise a play performed by the participants.  In 2008 and 2009, I returned to the prison to repeat the workshop.

Homeless Theatre

In 2013, with Still Point Theatre Collective and Breakthrough Urban Ministries, I facilitated a workshop with women recently released from prison, being housed at a homeless shelter.  Using a combination of improvisation, written texts and creative writing from the participants, the group devised and performed an original piece, I'm Going to Stand Here. 

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Shakespeare with Youth Behind Bars

Othello Project  

In 2003, I co-instructed a ten-week acting and theatre workshop for eight young men at the Bloomington Juvenile Treatment Facility, a juvenile correctional center later closed down by Mitch Daniels' funding cuts. Offered in collaboration with Indiana University’s Creative Learning Center, the workshop culminated in a performance of Shakespeare’s Othello.