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“We Don’t Want to be Seen as Victims”: The Older People Using Theatre to Tell Their Covid Stories
Articles and Blog Posts
This article focuses on “Secret Country,” a digital theatre piece created by the Re-Live Company of Elders based in Cardiff, Wales. Drawing on the pandemic experience of the company’s nine members , ages 72-93, “Secret …
From In-Person to Virtual Programs: A Case Study of Challenges & Successes
via American Alliance of Museums (AAM) | Articles and Blog Posts
This article focuses on a creative aging playwriting workshop that was offered at the Olana State Historic Site until COVID-19 made it impossible for participants to meet in person. The program was shifted to a …
Mary Crescenzo, Teaching Artist
Articles and Blog Posts
In this interview with literary teaching artist, Mary Crescenzo, she talks about her first experience with teaching older adult learners, and how this experience led her to instruct adult education courses in theater, visual, and …
Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories
Books and Chapters
Pam Schweitzer’s Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories is a guide to working with older adults to translate personal memories into interactive theatre. It draws on several decades of work in performance art, intergenerational projects, and …
The Creative Connections Project- Fully-Funded Arts Programs for Older Adults and Their Caregivers
Press Releases
Arts for the Aging is seeking long term care communities of older adults located in Montgomery County, Maryland to receive four therapeutic arts programs at no cost to selected communities. Montgomery County Department of Health …
The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theater-Making: A Review
via The Gerontologist | Articles and Blog Posts
This article aims to examine, specifically, the “cultural value” that older adults derive from involvement in theater and drama as participants rather than just observers. They note that many other studies of the impact of …