I would appreciate it so very much if you might be willing to share with me any completed (or even partial) monitoring or evaluation projects you have conducted (or are conducting). My goals for analyzing this information are outlined below. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me back. I would love to hear from you!
I hope all is well. Thank you for the work that you do.
All the best,
Ben Saypol
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Ben Saypol
4916 West 35th Ave.
Denver, Colorado 80212
303-458-8820; saypol @ colorado.edu; bsaypol @ msn.com
Measuring the Subjective
As Augusto Boal’s dramatic theories are applied throughout the world as a tool to empower the oppressed, a critical question arises: To what degree is People’s Theater successful in serving the members of oppressed communities? More importantly, how does one measure and quantify this success? This study will review and analyze a wide range of written evaluations of People’s Theatre projects around the world in order to shed light on the following questions:
* How have individuals evaluated something as subjective as the effects of a theatrical performance on the attitudes and behaviors of human beings? What methods and tools have they employed when conducting their assessments?
* What were the results of these evaluations? How, specifically, have people documented the degree to which People’s Theatre impacts the members of an oppressed community?
* What are some best practices for both the evaluation and production of People’s Theater projects?
Ben Saypol is a second year PhD student in Theatre at The University of Colorado at Boulder, focusing on applications of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. He is currently the Assistant Director of the Interactive Theatre Project on the CU campus, based on Boal’s model.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University, majoring in American Cultural Studies with a Certificate in Musical Theatre. He completed his Masters in Music, Vocal Performance from The University of Colorado at Boulder.
Previous to graduate study, he performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theatres, and on the National Tour of West Side Story, as well as taught Drama in the Denver Public Schools.
He recently presented the paper, „‚The Scent of Musk, the Color of Amber, and the Taste of Figs:‘ Evaluating Ashtar, the Palestinian Theater of the Oppressed“ at the Art, Faith, and Social Justice Conference at Marquette University.
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