Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Devising Text: Collaborative Decision Making -- Teaching without Lecturing: A Lesson in (Re)Writing History -- Brief Encounters between Disciplines and Cultures: An Analysis of the Dramaturgical Quilting Bee -- Are You an Inmate? Collective Decision Making in the Development of If Yes, Please Explain… -- Writing Conflict Out of Schools -- 2. Marketing the Revolution: Aesthetics and Impact of Activist Theatre -- Moving beyond the Comfort Zone: The Quest for Theatre for Social Justice Impact -- Inspiring Change and Action: Measuring the Impact of Theatre for Social Justice -- Sympathy vs. Stigma: Writing the "Victim" -- Do Not Try This at Home! -- A Few More Thoughts about Aesthetics -- 3. Community and Coalition Building: Reaching beyond the Choir -- Creating Space for Intergenerational LGBT Community and Movement Building -- What Comes Next? A Guide to Organizing, Activating, and Rallying the College Campus -- Rehearsing for Dialogue: Facilitation Training and Miami University's A More Perfect Union -- Pushing without Shoving: Ethics of and Emphasis on Target Participation in TSJ Institutes -- We Are Who We Are: Theatre to Confront Homophobia and Transform Education into Social Praxis -- 4. Creating a Safe Space and a Great Show -- It's Safe to Say -- Pronouns, Play Building, and the Principal: Negotiating Multiple Sites of Activism in a Youth-Focused Theatre for Social Justice Project -- Creativity or Carnage: An International Theatre for Social Justice Project -- Adapt the Space! Working with People of Diverse Abilities -- 5. The Many Players: Perspectives on Diverse Project Roles and Responsibilities -- Ripples over the Great Barrier -- Voicing Your Gender, Gendering Your Voice.

Psychological Reflections on an LGBTQI Theatre for Social Justice Project -- Forum Theatre and the Power of "Yes, and. . ." -- By Hook or by Crook! Luring the Oppressor into the Lair -- 6. A Transformative? and Empowering? Experience -- The Wizdom of Us: Reconsidering Identities and Affinities through Theatre for Social Justice -- Wade in the Water -- True to the Course: The Learning Curve of a New Teaching Artist -- Bricks and Stones: Bashing Back with a Fistful of Words -- A Few More Thoughts about Transformation -- Appendixes -- A. Theatre for Social Justice Institute Overview -- B. Measurable Outcomes Worksheet -- C. Some Suggested Guidelines for Project Facilitators -- D. Legal Considerations Overview -- E. Pyramid of Hate -- Contributors -- Index.