Resources for Socially Engaged Performance
Jan Cohen-Cruz has been a leader in socially engaged performance as a writer, teacher, workshop facilitator, and evaluator. Her writing has contributed to the establishment of an applied theater literature. She has helped bring respect to this field over years of bridging higher education and other communities.
Jan’s current work revolves around her recent book, See Me: Prison Theater Workshops and Love, including the following events:
FALL 2024 BOOK EVENT SITES (hosted by book contributors & other colleagues)
*Emerson College cosponsored by Applied Theater Program & a Boston re-entry initiative
*Princeton University cosponsored by their office of engagement and prison initiative
*NYU Drama Dept on its 50th anniversary; where Jan started one of the first applied theater programs in the US
*Royal Central Drama School, London, for applied theater program and others
*U of Manchester, England, sponsored by the Centre for Theater in Prison and Probation
* U of Warwick, England, in conjunction with prison initiative and theater and healing course
* Polmont Prison, Scotland, reading and discussion with drama club
* Royal Conservatory of Scotland, applied theater students and local social justice practitioners
* Sam Houston University, Huntsville, TX, aka “Prison City,” presentation co-sponsored by Arts and Criminal Justice cohort
* Sam Houston University hands-on workshop for criminal justice, arts students, and others
*Houston Museum of African American Culture, reading and discussion co-sponsored by their Women and Empowerment program
* New Orleans Jail, reading and discussion
* Community Book Center, New Orleans, reading and discussion
* Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, reading and workshop
*Red Shoes, a center for wellness and healing, Baton Rouge, reading and discussion
*WDIY Radio interview with Kate Scuffle, Lehigh Valley Arts Salon
Jan is now devising mini-residencies to discuss prison theater workshops, facilitate hands-on exercises, and design related initiatives at various institutions. To inquire email her at jcohencruz@gmail.com.
Jan is available for research, writing, project and program evaluation, workshop facilitation, and editing projects. Contact: jcohencruz@gmail.com.
