Thought Bubble Theatre Festival Applying and Developing Consent-Based Practices with Pre-Professional Actors

Abstract

Alli St. John shares her experience implementing her suggestions for building a culture of consent in educational theatre rehearsals situated within a larger Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) theatre festival. Thought Bubble Theatre Festival served as a case study of three TYA productions that toured to four local parks in Tempe, AZ in March 2022. Alli documents her own creative practice working with student-actors and how consent-based techniques impacted the process, as well as shares qualitative research data that supports the importance and value of consent in an educational theatre process.