Art Making as Activism in Public Life: The Vision and Experience of Gas and Electric Arts with Lisa Jo Epstein

Podcast Interview with Lisa Jo Epstein On this episode of Trustees Without Borders, students and community members join Lisa Jo Epstein for an exploration of theatre as a forum for social change. Lisa Jo Epstein is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Gas & Electric Arts. She is a theatre director, educator and teaching artist whose engaged, theatrical vision has been influenced by her training at Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Minneapolis), the world-renowned Théâtre du Soleil (Paris, France), and with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Augusto Boal at the Center for the Theatre of the Oppressed (Paris, France). For decades, Lisa Jo has facilitated experiential theatre workshops with a variety of populations in many community locations around issues of identity, empowerment and social justice. Interviewers: Rebecca Landis, master's candidate in Virginia Tech’s Department of Agricultural Leadership and Community Education, Sarah Lyon-Hill, PhD candidate in Virginia Tech's Planning, Governance & Globalization program, and Lorien McCauley, PhD candidate in Virginia Tech’s Department of Agricultural Leadership and Community Education Presented in partnership with Virginia Tech's School of Performing Arts.