Temporary Stages III

Jo Beth Gonzalez, MFA, Ph.D. teaches theatre and public speaking and directs the drama program at Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. Gonzalez is the recipient of the Bowling Green State University 2015-2016 Educator of the Year Award, Educational Theatre Association’s 2015 Ohio Theatre Educator of the Year, and the 2002 Wilson National Mentor’s Award to a High School Drama Teacher from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. In 2018, she participated in the U.S. State Department’s “Teachers for Global Classrooms” program. A Thespian Troupe Director, her students are actively involved in regional, state, and international Thespian events.

• Introduction to the BookSection One: Ways spirituality manifests in a high school theatre programIntroduction to Section OneChapter 1. Intersections Between Faith-Based and Secular Theatre EducationChapter 2. Connecting Spirituality to the Rehearsal and Performance ExperienceChapter 3. Processing Grief and TraumaChapter 4. Reconciling with Challenges of the COVID-19 Global PandemicChapter 5. How Failure in High School Theatre Fortifies the SpiritChapter 6. Rooted Deeply in Spirituality, the Artform of Mime Intrigues and Challenges TeensSection Two: Ways critical consciousness manifests in a high school theatre programIntroduction to Section TwoChapter 7. Insights for Understanding and Suggestions for Including the LGBTQ+ Community in High School Theatre Programs Chapter 8. Theatre Teachers of Color Discuss Culturally Responsive PedagogyChapter 9. The Complexity of The Crucible’s Tituba: Casting Conundrums for Actors and DirectorsChapter 10. Teaching Racism through Socially-Conscious Theatre PedagogySection Three: The reciprocal nature of spiritual strength and critical consciousnessIntroduction to Section ThreeChapter 11-A. The Devised Scene, Foundation of Free To FlyChapter 11-B. DEVISED SCENE on HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORSChapter 12. Free To Fly, An Original One-Act Play for Young People that Draws Attention to the Dangers of Human Sex Trafficking of MinorsChapter 13. Problematizing Free To FlyChapter 14. Portraying Despicable Characters – How Introspection, Empathy, and Critical Analysis of Coercion Impact the Teen BrainChapter 15. The Physiological Function of Respiration - Breath Fortifies the Spirit and Exercises Critical ConsciousnessEpilogue

''In the current moment when teachers and students alike confront fatigue, polarization, and fear, Temporary Stages III feels both timely and necessary. Gonzalez’s vision of “critical-spiritual pedagogy” reframes theatre education as a practice of wholeness: art-making that attends to body, mind, and spirit, and activism that begins with empathy. This book extends Gonzalez’s lifelong inquiry into what it means to teach, while offering a profound argument for why the work of high-school theatre still matters.'' Lauren Gorelov, New York University for ArtsPraxis