Wokshop and Schedule Proposal
Community/Student Engagement
The company consists of eight visiting artists who will lead the engagment activites outlined below:
Alex Oliszewski: Co-Deviser, Co-Producer, Co-Media Designer, Performer
Daniel Fine: Co-Deviser, Co-Producer, Co-Media Designer
Julie Rada: Co-Deviser, Co-Director, Community Engagement
Brian Foley: Co-Deviser, Co-Director, Movement Specialist
Dana Keeton: Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor
TBD: Sound Designer
TBD: Production Designer
TBD: Production/Stage Manager
Embedded Student Experiences in the Performances
Two student performers will be cast in the show in non-speaking, movement-based roles.
Two-four student technicians participate in backstage roles.
Potential Campus Partners:
Theatre Department
Journalism and Multi-Media Studies Department
Veteran Student Organization
Dr. Christopher Webb/Anthropology (violence/war/trauma/healing)
Dean of Students/Student Engagement/Conduct Office
List of faculty for Sociology & Human Services/Criminology & Justice Studies
Student Well-Being (wellness, mental health, community of care)
Gender & Sexuality Studies (focus on masculinities)
Dr. Marnie Thomson (war/conflict, gendered violence, displacement, memory and narrative)
Dr. Kathryn Linares-Grey (feminism, gendered violence, immigration)
Dr. Sarah Roberts-Cady (theories of justice)
Potential Off-Campus Partners or Community Invitations:
General:
FLC Theatre Department
La Plata Family Centers Coalition
Restorative Justice:
La Plata County District Attorney’s Office (RJ and diversion program for youth and adults)
Resilience & Healing from Trauma:
Mental Health:
Violence Survivors/Victims:
Veterans:
Journalism and Multi-Media Studies Department
Veteran Student Organization (campus webpage only, student-led organization in Student Life)
Dr. Christopher Webb/Anthropology (violence/war/trauma/healing)
Dean of Students/Student Engagement/Conduct Office (sometimes restorative justice-focused) (campus webpage only)
List of faculty for Sociology & Human Services where the Criminology & Justice Studies Major lives (lots of people with backgrounds in Literature, Creative Writing, Film, Participatory Research)
Student Well-Being (wellness, mental health, community of care)
Gender & Sexuality Studies (focus on masculinities)
Dr. Marnie Thomson (war/conflict, gendered violence, displacement, memory and narrative)
Dr. Kathryn Linares-Grey (feminism, gendered violence, immigration)
Dr. Sarah Roberts-Cady (theories of justice)
Off-Campus Partners or Community Invitations:
General:
La Plata Family Centers Coalition’
KDUR
KSUT
Restorative Justice:
La Plata County District Attorney’s Office (they have an RJ and diversion program for youth and adults)
Resilience & Healing from Trauma:
Mental Health:
Juniper Tree Mental Health (wrote an op-ed in Durango newspaper about trauma and RJ)
Alternative Horizons (advocacy for domestic violence)
The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado
Family Systems therapy practices in Durango
Violence Survivors/Victims:
6th Judicial District Victim Services
Contact name: Carol Little
Address: 1060 East 2nd Avenue, Ste 10, Durango, CO 81301
Phone: 970-247-8850
Email: clittle@lpcgov.org
Veterans: