About the Author

Cynthia E. Cohen is director of the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts at the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis University. Roberto Gutiérrez Varea began his career in theater in his native Argentina. His research and creative work focuses on live performance as means of resistance and peacebuilding, in the context of social conflict and state violence. Polly O. Walker is assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. She is director of Partners in Peacebuilding, a private consulting organization based in Brisbane, Australia, and lectures widely on intercultural conflict resolution. Charles Mulekwa is an award-winning playwright, performer, composer, and producer.

Reviews

"Acting Together places before us the human story unfolding. It invites us to penetrate through the mask to the source and the vibrating essence of voice on the journey to find our way back to humanity."
*John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame*

"An invaluable resource for the community of practitioners, students, scholars, and activists who are interested in the role of the arts in overcoming the worst of contemporary violence, war, and disaster."
*James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre, University of Manchester*

"Thanks to the vision and the courageous creativity of the theatre artists across the world who have been willing to share their practice, we in Northern Ireland have new tools to help us excavate our truths and our troubled pasts, to speak to them and to dare to envision a future where our broken world will be healed."
*Pauline Ross, Artistic Director, Derry Playhouse, Northern Ireland*

"This publication is long overdue and will serve theatre students, directors, foundations, community-based theatres, and artist-based theatres as a much-needed guide to the complex, multilayered world of intercultural performance and conflict resolution."
*Frank Hentschker, Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The CUNY Graduate Center*

"A significant addition to an emerging field of expertise―performance and conflict. It is difficult not to be inspired by the sheer diversity and versatility of the practices explored."
*Michael Balfour, Chair in Applied and Social Theatre, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia*

"Acting Together will shift perspectives and change lives. It could transform the trajectory of human conflicts."
*Dr. Michelle LeBaron, University of British Columbia School of Law, Canada*

"For the first time, the anthology and the Acting Together project provide a platform for peace-building artists to connect and to reflect on their work together with other scholars and practitioners. That in itself is already a significant achievement of the editors and curators of this complex and fascinating collection."
*Serge Loode, Applied Theatre Research*