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Enjoy the following readings and tools from Talleri to get started on your access work.

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“The Paradox of Preparation”

Download Excerpt from the NDT Handbook

This is a short text on the importance of improvisation and flexibility when it comes to accessibility. This is an excerpt from the National Disability Theatre Handbook by Talleri, which is available in its entirety.


Creative Drama / Process-Centered Frameworks

Download Lesson Summary: "Henry and the Kite Dragon”

Talleri utilizes the process-based the teaching philosophies of Winifred Ward, Johnny Saldaña (story drama), Dorothy Heathcote, Cecily O’Neill (process drama), Katie Dawson, Bridget Lee (drama-based pedagogy).


Community / Social Justice-Centered Frameworks

Download Lesson Summary: "Bearing Witness”

Talleri utilizes the Social Justice- centered philosophies of theorists and practitioners like Paulo Freire (pedagogy of the oppressed), Augusto Boal (theatre of the oppressed), Michael Rohd, Kurt Wooten, Elieen Landay (community-based art)


Access-Centered Frameworks

Download Sample Tool: "Theater Games Variation Table”

Talleri uses a variety of apporaches to create individualized access-centered lessons. Most of Talleri’s lessons combine elements of Universal Design for Learning Framework, Dancing Wheels’ concept of “variations and translations,” paired with a trial-and-error framework for reflection.

  • What did we try?

  • What worked? What didn’t?

  • What might we try next time?


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