Finding Ways to Bring Trauma-Informed Practices to Prisons

Theatre practitioners and researchers join Traumaturgy to discuss how to keep moving forward in theatre studies and work. Dr Bryan Jenkins, Andrew Hungerford and Dr Danielle Rosvally talk technology, mental health and the humanities on this special summer 2024 episode.

Join us for a special summer 2024 look at the state of theatre and academia two years after our last season of Traumaturgy as Loretta and Suzanne speak with director and educator Triza Cox.

It’s been 2 years and 20 episodes. What is the state of Theatre today? We meet up with actor Michael Thatcher (1st interviewed in June 2020) once again and find him on Broadway after 2 years of ups and downs. And we speak with Michael J. Bobbitt, the Executive Director at the Massachusetts Cultural Council, to talk about the state of the field now.

Loretta and Suzanne focus on the work being done in incarcerated communities this episode. From an in-depth interview with Dr Chris Matthews from Southern NH University to a discussion with the founder of Shakespeare Behind Bars, Curt Tofteland, about his work bringing theatre to inmates across the country.

British playwright Dawn King spoke about her new play THE TRIALS on the eve of its Donmar Warehouse production and theatre artist Deborah Eliezer speaks to us from her CA land about restarting after wildfires changed her life.

Noelle Diane Johnson (artistsheal.org) and Bridget McCarthy (healingartsatl.com) are interviewed about their methods for bringing trauma-informed healing into the rehearsal room. Content Transparency: substance abuse, disordered eating, and mention of death by suicide.

Welcome back to season 4 of Traumaturgy. Loretta and Suzanne explore how theatre artists navigate disability with Valerie McCann and Dr John Michael Sefel while actor Greg Demeule performs a section of Adam Grant Warren’s play “Last Train In.”

In our final episode of 2021, we think critically with Diep Tran and Kelundra Smith, 2 female critics of color that are changing the conversation. Also, Suzanne does her own reviewing of the new audio drama TWITS IN LOVE.

Loretta and Suzanne speak with historical re-inactor Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti and the OBIE award winning Pig Iron’s co-founder and co-artistic director Quinn Bauriedel about bringing history to life.

Creative artists Miranda Harmon and Bob Bartlett join Traumaturgy to speak about the unique ways they are reimagining what theatre can be and how it can be experienced both by audiences and artists.