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Year
Began: 1994
Role-play is used to develop life-saving behavioral
skills that protect against HIV/AIDS, violence, substance
abuse and homelessness. Trained facilitators assisted
by peer educators present
theatrical scenarios recreating real-life situations.
Workshop participants then experiment with positive
behaviors, rehearsing to react appropriately to
similar
situations in their daily lives.
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Year
Began:1999
A continually evolving presentation that explores issues
of gang, domestic and sexual violence. The theatrical
presentation is followed by two
interactive workshops, in which
audience members are guided through an exploration of
difficult questions and experiment with
constructive reactions to volatile
situations through role-play.
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Year
Began: 2000
Features dance, spoken word, music and theater. Respect
is written and performed by NYC teens and
directed by Tony Award-winning choreographer George
Faison. The performance presents the teens'
personal stories of painful moments when respect was
denied, and weaves them into a powerful
expression of urban teen concerns.
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Year
Began: 2005
A new musical theater project by award-winning director
/ playwright / author Elizabeth Swados that raises awareness
of mental health issues among youth, while providing
crucial information on where to seek help. Heart &
Mind is of personal interest to Ms. Swados, who just
published an illustrated memoir called My Depression
(Hyperion, April 2005).
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