Social Service

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Dylan Fresco works with Krista at an Upstream Arts workshop where professional artists from across the metro use arts education to enhance the lives of youth and adults with disabilities. Photo courtesy of Matt Guidry of Upstream Arts.

While big ticket shows under bright marquees soak up a lot of attention, many performing artists use their training for something other than only making a good bit of entertainment. From Boal to Breaking Ice and Childrens' Hospital to Hennepin County Home School, we examine how performance nurtures social work.

Simplicity

by Michelle Hensley • Dec. 30

Audience | Social Service

Performing in prisons and homeless shelters teaches Michelle Hensley a few things about connecting with the audience.

Get up, stand up

by Kevin Lally • Apr. 9

Social Service

Despite its depressing name, Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed leads its practitioners to be their best selves.

Playing conference rooms for fun and profit

by David Mann • Apr. 13

Management | Social Service

David Mann has been able to make a living in the corporate world. By actually teaching them how to be more like the theater people.

My life in crisis

by Delta Rae Giordano • Apr. 16

Social Service

An actor for the Crisis Company will play some of the most dramatic characters of his or her career, in the strangest settings.

Transformation

by Leah Cooper • Apr. 19

Process | Social Service | Vision

Far from big budget shows and scrambles for development opportunities, Leah Cooper experiences the kind of theater that still lives up to her childhood ideals.

Laughter is a good virus

by Eriq Nelson • Apr. 27

Social Service

Star Studios may produce the most effective television show that you've never seen. For some families, it's very serious funny business.

Leaving a mark

by James Williams • Apr. 28

Social Service | Vision

The impulse to create can be channeled into social or antisocial directions. James Williams teaches theater to help build a better society.

Healing arts: The documentary

by John Middleton • May. 6

Social Service

Better late than never, John hunts down his own example of April's issue. Get an inside look at a healing artist at work. Sort of.

Art, truth and transformation

by Sarah Rattanavong-Wash • Apr. 11

Social Service

Sarah M. Rattanavong-Wash profiles blank slate theatre, a youth performance group.

Art as language

by Mary Kay and Bob Zabel • May. 20

Social Service

Art is essential because art is language.

Best kept secret

by Stephanie Long • Jun. 3

Innovation | Social Service

Museum Theatre is a constant balance of artistry and education

Summer activism

by Alan M. Berks • Jul. 5

Social Service

We're taking a little break from the magazine to rest up for the Fringe Festival in August. Inside this article are a few thoughts about art and politics.

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