Lectures and Workshops

Bond Street Theatre has several lecture and workshop programs that are relevant for schools, universities, organizations, or community groups. Lectures and workshops can be customized to meet group needs. Please contact us at (212) 254-4614 or info@bondst.org for more information.

Video-lecture: 
​The Power of Performance: Theatre in Conflict Zones

The video-lecture explores the impact and value of the expressive arts in areas of conflict, with specific focus on the company's work in Afghanistan since 2003. The presentation gives vivid examples of how theatre-based practices are applied in working with different communities: for example, street children, rural women, traumatized populations, or refugees. The video gives a glimpse into the reality of working and traveling in war-torn regions. Together the video and lecture promote the idea of theatre as a useful tool for social improvement in some of the world's toughest places. Since 1976, Bond Street Theatre has been creating innovative performances that cross cultural borders, and initiating theatre-based projects for education, healing, and empowerment in critical areas worldwide. The video-lecture speaks about why cross-cultural artistic conversation is crucial to mutual understanding, and how the practical applications of the theatre arts are a powerful means for bringing peace.

Workshops: 

Workshops in physical and image-based theatre techniques for professional actors, students, international NGO workers, and those interested in improving leadership and communication skills. Programs are available as single workshops, weekend intensive programs, multi-week workshops, or residences culminating in performances.

Theatre for Social Development
A practical study of social development-focused arts-based work, the company gives participants the creative and practical tools for conducting programs for a wide array of stakeholders. The program covers theatre-based approaches to conflict resolution, team-building, creative thinking, trauma release, and enhanced communication skills, and accentuates the value of theatre in disseminating essential information to communities that are isolated by location, incarceration or tradition. Drawing from 20 years of active participation in some of this generation's most pressing world crises - in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Kosovo, Colombia, Haiti, Myanmar - the course offers a practical introduction into the growing field of Theatre for Social Development.