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Children of Conflict
Under the guidance of professional filmmaker and playwright Robert Goodrich and drama teacher Jeffrey Bower, students at G-STAR School of the Arts in West Palm Beach are cultivating a dialogue via a Google Groups website with young people in Rwanda, Kosovo, and South Africa about their experiences growing up in regions touched by conflict.
ASSITEJ the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, is assisting in connecting the students. Their exchange will culminate in the collaborative creation of a multi-media theatrical performance to be performed at Florida Stage by students from G-STAR on April 27, 2009.
Our Partners
Jeton Neziraj is a playwright, director and the executive director
of the National Theatre of Kosovo. He also works
| Alaina Mathers and Yllka Pacarizi during the performance. Photo by Susan Lerner | closely with
Center for Children's Theatre Development in Prishtina, Kosovo. For Mr. Neziraj's article about Kosova's Dodona Theatre and
the heroic role it played in the tragic events of 1998, click here.
Hope Azeda is Executive Director of Mashirika Creative and Performing Arts Group in Kigali, Rwanda as well as a theatre director, playwright, actress and filmmaker. She  founded Mashirika in 1987 and is currently the troupe’s director. Please click on the link to read about Ms. Azeda's play, Rwanda My Hope, and her interview in the Fall 2007 edition of TYA Today.
Yvette Hardie, Chairperson of ASSITEJ South Africa, has joined the project this year. She has gathered a group of students at the National School of the Arts.
| Students from G-Star during the 2008 performance |
Participating Organizations and their links
G-STAR School of the Arts
Mashirika Creative and Performing Arts Group
Center for Children's Theatre Development
ASSITEJ South Africa
ASSITEJ: International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People
For more information, or if you have questions about the program, email the education department, or call 561-585-3404, etx. 115.
Florida Stage wishes to thank the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and The Heckscher Foundation for Children Click HERE To listen to the WXEL radio interview from last year's Children of Conflict project.
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