As a teaching artist (TA) working primarily with teens, the author has often wrestled with how to make theatre relevant and personal to a population enmeshed in the age of immediate gratification, where technology provides a world of savvy distraction at one's fingertips. In this article, the author reflects on Augusto Boal's work and the role of…

No matter how disturbing, it is common to hear "that's so gay" or "you're such a fag" echoing through the halls of a high school, but when the high school is an international school in Uganda, those words have a newfound potency. As an American teacher working abroad, the author often struggled over her responsibility for the…