2021 Workshop Talk | 1:05:00 | Culture & Faith, Art & Music, Philosophy
Summary
Working to form student affections is critical to theater and media studies because so much of contemporary culture has little redeeming value. It is vital that students experience rich works that convey eternal principles, but it is equally key that students engage critically with material that is less immediately trustworthy in order to help them develop discernment. By guiding students through thoughtfully chosen examples, teachers can help them prepare to critically engage with and transform culture.
Speaker
Betsy Dupree Nowrasteh graduated from Grove City College in Pennsylvania where she studied theater. An accomplished performer, she also studied Shakespeare in Stratford, Ontario, with the Stratford Festival Company through the universities of Guelph and Waterloo. She has worked in many arenas including television and film as an executive talent producer and as a political campaign media advisor, but she enjoys working with young performers in her role at Regents School of Austin where she has been part of the faculty since 2002 writing, adapting, designing, and directing a wide range of plays for the school of rhetoric. Betsy lives in Austin with her husband Mark and her two children. Her son is a high-school junior who splits his time between football, Boy Scouts, and theater. Her five-year-old daughter still has a few years before she takes the stage.
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