Bond Street Theatre initiates theatre-based projects for conflict resolution, education and empowerment in critical areas worldwide.

Azerbaijan 
Community Drama for Peace

A glimpse into the project thanks to filmmaker David Sotnik.
In February, Bond Street Theatre's Joanna Sherman, Michael McGuigan, Ilanna Saltzman and Meghan Frank traveled to Azerbaijan at the invitation of the US Embassy to conduct a three-week long program with students at the Azerbaijan State University of Arts and Culture. The program, Community Drama for Peace, is a perfect illustration of what Bond Street's work is all about: integrating theatre-making with conflict resolution, and providing communities with a platform to constructively discuss issues important to them and create a plan for positive social change. The play toured to five cities across the country.

Afghanistan
Youth-Led Community Improvement

One of the youth teams performs an educational show.
Bond Street's youth-designed and led community improvement program in Afghanistan engaged 375 youth in 25 provinces in creative, constructive activities that counter violence among youth and improve their communities. The program provided training and mentorship in creative problem-solving, communication, leadership and planning.

Youth Teams from eight provinces have now begun an exciting new project, sponsored by USIP, addressing rule of law and access to justice in the country.

Myanmar 
Volpone in Yangon

BST and Thukhuma Khayeethe perform Volpone.
In January we returned to Yangon to work on an adaptation Ben Jonson's Volpone with partner group Thukhuma Khayeethe. Our version blends western and eastern styles and characters to point out current political and social issues in Myanmar. Big thanks to the Theatre Communication Group for sponsoring the collaboration!

2014's Youth Initiative for Civic Engagement sponsored by the Open Society Foundation aimed at curbing sectarian violence in Myanmar, giving youth skills in problem-solving through theatre-based activities, and featuring the importance of cooperation and peace.

Now in Print! 

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​Our photo book, A Decade is Afghanistan, is now available in our shop! The photos and quotes inside celebrate ten years of humanitarian-artistic work in the field. 
Cover Photo by Meghan Frank.
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Joanna Sherman's account about the lives of girls is in a chapter titled, "The New Storytellers of Afghanistan" in this beautiful new book, available from the University of Texas Press.

Awards & Recognition

Otto Award for Political Theatre

BST has been awarded an Otto René Castillo Award for Political Theatre. We are honored to receive recognition for our years of creating theatre for social change around the world.
Pennie Ojeda, former head of International Programs at NEA, presented the Award to Mr. McGuigan and Ms. Sherman.

Lee Reynold Award

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Artistic Director 
Joanna Sherman 
received the League of Professional Theatre Women's Lee Reynold Award in honor of Bond Street Theatre's work for social justice. 
Left, Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider presents Ms. Sherman with the Award at the March gala.

Women's Prison Program
Afghanistan

BST is conducting a Creative Arts Program for incarcerated women in the Herat Women's Prison in Afghanistan in collaboration with Simorgh Theatre. The program gives women a voice to speak out about the uneven judicial practices that imprison women on moral grounds. We thank the generous women of Dining for Women for their sponsorship.
Our hearts go out to the women in Herat Women's Prison.

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