Applied Theatre, Third Edition International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

Monica Prendergast is professor of drama/theatre education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Victoria, British Columbia. Her research interests include curriculum studies and pedagogy, drama/theatre in community contexts and arts-based qualitative research methods. Her books include Applied Theatre (3rd ed. 2023) and Applied Drama, Teaching Spectatorship, Poetic Inquiry, Staging the Not-Yet, Drama, Theatre and Performance Education in Canada, Poetic Inquiry II, Teachers and Teaching on Stage and on Screen and Applied Theatre: Ethics (2022). Her CV includes 50+ peer reviewed journal contributions, 30+ chapters, book reviews and professional contributions. Monica also reviewed theatre for CBC Radio Canada for fifteen years and wrote a regular column on theatre for Focus Magazine.

Contact: Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.

Juliana Saxton is professor emerita in the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. She is also one of the authors of Into the Story 2. 

Yasmine Kandil is an assistant professor of Applied Theatre at the University of Victoria. Her research interests are in celebratory theatre with immigrant and refugee communities, understanding applied theatre initiatives following political revolutions (Cairo-based) and most recently, how applied theatre is utilized in policing and mental health responses.