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Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope, a new play on at Crow’s Theatre, is a curious hybrid of the academic and the artistic (The Globe & Mail).
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Andrew Kushnir with researchers and participants in Taiwan
Article on the power of playwriting in conveying the voices of youth from Dr. Gallagher's research (by JOSÉ TEODORO)
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Youth in Greece showing solidarity by raising their fists
Review of Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope (The Toronto Star).
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Actors rehearsing Towards Youth
Dr. Kathleen Gallagher and playwright Andrew Kushnir join host Gill Deacon to discuss the research and play.
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Gill Deacon for the CBC radio show Here and Now
Is there hope to be found in the drama classroom? Dr. Kathleen Gallagher’s ground-breaking project is the core of the incredibly insightful play, Towards Youth: A Play On Radical Hope (Toronto Guardian).
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Andrew Kushnir and Kathleen Gallagher
Andrew Kushnir’s Towards Youth is about more than theatre; it’s about seeing the world in a more hopeful way (The Toronto Star).
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Director Andrew Kushnir in front of a photo collage from research sites around the world
By transporting voices from interviews, Andrew Kushnir's Towards Youth allows us to engage with personhood, with humanity.
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Cast of Towards Youth celebrating with their arms raised during a rehearsal
Towards Youth is a verbatim theatre play based on the research of Dr. Kathleen Gallagher, written by Andrew Kushnir of Project Humanity. Towards Youth played at Crow's Theatre from February 25th-March 16th, 2019.
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Listen to Dr. Peter Duffy’s recent podcast in conversation with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher. In the far-reaching conversation about doing research in drama and applied theatre, they consider questions of collaboration and ethics, among other things.
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Dr. Kathleen Gallagher on a podcast