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Acknowledgements, appreciation, applause
Navigating this Workbook
Dreaming
Who 'we' are
Who the workbook is for & how it works
Introducing TSDC's four plays
The common & uncommon grounds of TSDC collaborators
The different worlds of our uncommon partners
Potential challenges — and why they’re worth the time!
Translating across worlds
Roles & contributions
TSDC's Community Agency Partners
Collectively imagining a better future through performance
Why a play? Why theatre?
TSDC’s creative approach
Aligning methods with goals & motivations
Importance of community partners
Timeline
Workshop plan
Prompts
Tone & rapport
Performative modeling
Knowing what to pay attention to in a collective devising process
A time to ‘stand with’ — A time to ‘stand back’
Care & accountability
Gathering, checking-in & wrapping-up
Story Circles
Image Theatre
Warm-up games
Scripting for encounter
Creating the performance script: the ‘how’ of it
Paying attention
Identifying core cultural stories
Choosing a space of public encounter
Developing the action of the scenes
Defining characters
Offstage characters
Creating the story arc
What scripts look like and how we use them
Rehearsing
TSDC sets & props: Introduction
The set & props at work during the performance
The set & props at work in the workshops
Pragmatic considerations
TSDC performance events: Introduction
Preparing for the performance
The performance: A poetic world-making public
Putting the audience in the picture
Performance Exchanges
Post-performance activities
Developing post-performance activities
Menu of post-performance activities
“Every change starts with a conversation”
Reciprocity and sustainability
Exploring alternative ways of re-mounting plays
Expanding community networks part one: Notre Dame House School
Publishing scripts
Expanding community networks part two: Hamilton Public Library
Sustaining Connections gatherings
Exploring new frontiers, going virtual
In closing (and opening, and handing off…)
Resources & References
Glossary
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