Pisces Moon was invited to present a Full Day Master Class Intensive at the California Educational Theatre Association
Conference, Bay Area Blast! - The Awakening of Diverse Voices. The
seminar, entitled "The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project:
Socially Relevant Theatre Across the Curricula," was presented in San
Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 to dozens of theatre educators
from Northern California secondary schools and colleges. Susan Myer
Silton coordinated the presentation, which started with an introduction
by Maureen Fenlon, OP, the National Coordinator of the Dead Man Walking
School Theatre Project (DMWSTP), who spoke about the role of art and
artists in social change, and gave an overview of DMWSTP. Other
segments of the all-day seminar included presentations by various
Northern California high schools. Faculty members and students who had
been involved in their own productions and events related to DMWSTP
spoke about their work, and how it influenced themselves and their
communities. Susan Myer Silton talked in the final segment about the
Delta/Cabrillo/Pisces Moon collaboration, and wrapped up the
presentation, taking questions from the attendees and leading
discussions.
