ASLE Spotlight 2024-25, EPISODE 2: Localizing the Global
This episode was recorded Friday, November 15, 2024
Co-hosts: Laura Barbas-Rhoden and Amanda M. Smith
FEATURED GUESTS/WORKS:Catherine Diamond, Kinnari Ecological Theatre Project
The Kinnari Ecological Theatre Project (KETEP) in Southeast Asia creates new plays from local traditional and modern sources to deal with current environmental problems. It works with communities, student groups, and professional performers to produce an entertaining show in the local language that addresses an issue of concern to the audience–overfishing, deforestation, plastic waste, and wildlife poaching.
Catherine Diamond is the playwright/director of KETEP. A professor ...