“Lisa Jo, your unique teaching style, expertise in Boal's Theater of the Oppressed, sensitivity to the diverse needs of our participants, and cooperative spirit in meeting the demands of an intense training academy helped make BuildaBridge Institute 2007 our most successful ever. Both during the Institute and through our post-Institute evaluation, you received excellent reviews of your work. Perhaps the greatest affirmation of your teaching comes from students who are already integrating what they learned in their community service. We are hoping that you will become a permanent member of our Institute faculty.” -- J. Nathan Corbitt, President, BuildaBridge

Workshops & Residencies

Let us customizes a workshop for your school or organization.

Possible workshop topics:

• Community/Team building
• Discrimination & Empowerment
• Cross-cultural dialogue/diversity
• Youth leadership training
• Women and power
• Bullying
• Creative conflict resolution
• Power struggles
•Development of interactive theatre

performance to stimulate community

dialogue

•Teacher Empowerment

In our workshops, participants will:

GAIN fresh, playful yet powerful tools for exploring human interaction, the roles we play in our world and how our choices impact us as well as others.

LEARN new and profound approaches in learning, teaching, creativity, and moving through the world

ENGAGE in lively theatre-based activities rooted in the work of Augusto Boal, other social-change artists and interactive process-based strategies for personal and group transformation. No theatre experience necessary!

EXPLORE thorny issues in non-competitive, open ways and dive into honest dialogue through the moving language of images, story telling and theatre.

RE-SEE and re-hear yourself, tap into your imagination and apply this to your own needs.

ANIMATE images and personal stories; develop interactive theatre scenes to open dynamic dialogue and rehearse new possibilities for taking action & making change

ENLIVEN empathy, understanding and awareness of your self and your community.

“Lisa Jo, your unique teaching style, expertise in Boal's Theater of the Oppressed, sensitivity to the diverse needs of our participants, and cooperative spirit in meeting the demands of an intense training academy helped make BuildaBridge Institute 2007 our most successful ever. Both during the Institute and through our post-Institute evaluation, you received excellent reviews of your work. Perhaps the greatest affirmation of your teaching comes from students who are already integrating what they learned in their community service. We are hoping that you will become a permanent member of our Institute faculty.”

-- J. Nathan Corbitt, President, BuildaBridge

Call 215.407.0556 or email

Lisa Jo Epstein for a consultation.

Clients & Testimonials