Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Goal 1: To acquire new tools, activities, and techniques related to applied theatre concepts. Outcome 1: I will create a resource book of tools, activities, and techniques I acquire from The Dramaturgy of Forum Theatre workshop by July 15, 2015. Goal 2: To incorporate new tools, activities, and techniques related to applied theatre concepts in my current work. Outcome 2: I will incorporate five new techniques learned from The Dramaturgy of Forum Theatre workshop training into my future work with Project Awareness, My Zip Code is Killin Me, and the SOAR Community Offender Re-entry Program by October 31, 2015. Goal 3: To increase the breadth and depth of my knowledge of how to produce and direct theatre productions using the Forum Theatre model. Outcome 3: I plan to collaborate with one Arrowhead Regional organization to use theatre as a means to work toward their mission and have project plans in place by December 31, 2015. The Evaluation Plan will include the following methods to measure success: Methods to measure Goal 1 Outcomes: Completion of the resource book will indicate successful completion of Goal 1. Methods to measure Goal 2 Outcomes: Tracking five new techniques incorporated into my future work will indicate successful completion of Goal 2. Additionally, participants experiencing the new techniques will be asked for their feedback through discussion and brief surveys. Methods to measure Goal 3 Outcomes: Securing one organization to collaborate with will indicate successful completion of Goal 3. Additionally, collaborating organizations will be asked to provide feedback on their perceived effectiveness of using theatre as a means of working toward their organizations’ missions through surveys.