Poverty Silences …but not in our classrooms.
Dear Friend, Wherever we go we share the stories of the amazing students Global Empowerment Theatre (GET) serves in impoverished communities around the world and our friends inevitably ask, “How can we help?†At the colleges where we teach, we tell our friends about the underserved..
READ MOREGETIndia 2015. We are getting ready!
Global Empowerment Theatre is excited to announce that our 2015 GETIndia program will kick off this coming January in partnership with the Akanksha Foundation in Mumbai. The Akanksha Foundation has been providing opportunities for youth in Mumbai and Pune for over 20 years. We look..
READ MOREGETheatre to present at inspirED Mumbai
Ashley Olson and Lindsey Samples will be presenting at inspirED, an Education Conference in Mumbai sponsored by Teach For India, as part of this year’s GETIndia 2014 program. Ashley and Lindsey will be sharing our methods of teaching English literacy through theatre with local..
READ MOREGETIndia 2014 in Partnership with Teach For India starts today!
We enthusiastically announce our partnership with Teach for India, beginning this Sunday January 5th. For this year’s GETIndia program Ashley Olson and Lindsey Samples will be working intensely with 10 local teachers in Pune, India (outside Mumbai). Ashley and Lindsey will train and mentor..
READ MOREWork with GETheatre in India this January!
GETheatre Intern Call for GETIndia 2014 GETheatre is currently looking for qualified teaching artist interns to help facilitate our new partnership with TEACH FOR INDIA (TFI) in Pune, India this January 2014. Programs run for two weeks and involve facilitating a group of 20..
READ MOREGETWine with GETheatre! August 1st, 2013
Global Empowerment Theatre invites you to attend a special evening on August 1st to celebrate seven years of offering a platform for young people to tell their stories and share their dreams for the future. Join us and find out how you can support exciting..
READ MOREGETZanzibar 2013 Kicks Off!
GETZanzibar 2013 starts this Memorial Day! Let’s GET started! GETheatre lead teaching artist & Director of East African Operations, Ashley Olson, and teaching artist intern, Lianne Bettis, are busy prepping all the final details for our 7th annual program in Zanzibar. Â They will be..
READ MOREMeet the GETZanzibar 2013 Team!
We are excited to announce our 7th annual theatre and literacy workshops in Zanzibar this May.  GETheatre core member, Ashley Olson, who is now a resident of Zanzibar, will be working with Lianne Bettis to lead the students at Kiembe Samaki through GET’s unique play-building..
READ MORESpotlight on our GETIndia Teaching Artist Team
We are thrilled to be able to announce our teaching artist team for our GETIndia program this January! Â Working at Parikrma’s Koramangala and Jayanagar Learning Centres we will be teaching approximately 35 students this year. We look forward to bringing you live updates from..
READ MOREGETheatre’s New Short Film – Spotlight on GETZanzibar!
It’s about education – a glimpse into GETheatre’s work In 2006 Jennifer Holmes and John Socas traveled to Zanzibar in East Africa and held workshops with students around the island to empower young people to give voice to their dreams and ideas, as well..
READ MOREAnnouncing GETIndia 2013
Students portray three beggars in a scene searching for a solution to urban poverty. Â We are pleased to announce that this coming January 2013 we will be continuing our partnership with the Parikrma Humanity Foundation. Â We are very excited to work with a new..
READ MOREWelcome to our new core member, Taren Hastings!
Taren Hastings, who has been interning with GETheatre for over a year, has recently been promoted to Teaching Artist/Administrative Assistant! Â Taren’s energy and enthusiasm have proven to be invaluable to our team and we are happy to welcome her as a full time member..
READ MOREIntroducing the GoGET Team
We are thrilled to introduce our newest initiative: the GoGET team! Â We are proud to present our new group of wonderful and enthusiastic teaching artists. Â Join us in welcoming Micaela Blei, Tessa Bry, Ashley Hamilton, Doug Harmsen, and Faith Lawson to the GETheatre team...
READ MOREGETZanzibar 2012!
GETZanzibar 2012 gets going! Zawadi, a student from GETZanzibar 2008 & 2010, (pictured above) is now employed by Zanzibar’s thriving tourism industry as a concierge in one of its premiere hotels. In 2006 Jennifer Holmes and John Socas, GET’s founders & directors, led a..
READ MORESpotlight on our GETZanzibar 2012 Interns…
GETheatre is in full swing preparing for our 4th annual collaboration with Kiembe Samaki School outside Stonetown in Zanzibar this June! We are very excited to have assembled a truly excellent team of teaching artists to work with us this year. Ashley Olson, GETheatre’s..
READ MOREVisit Philanthroper.com to Support GETheatre Today!
Visit www.philanthroper.com to support GETheatre! We are so proud to announce that we are being featured on Philanthroper.com, a site that highlights non-profits and asks that donors give just one dollar to make a difference. Check out our feature and spread the word!..
READ MOREGETIndia concludes and continues…
In January 2012, GETheatre worked in partnership with The Parikrma Foundation in Bangalore, India.  Forty of Parikrma’s students at Sahakaranagar and Koramangala, two of the school’s centers for learning, participated in GETheatre’s intensive workshops. These students all worked diligently with GETheatre’s teaching artists to create collaborative..
READ MOREGETheatre Welcomes Our Inaugural Board Members…
We are honored to welcome Dr. Philip Taylor, Dr. Edie Demas, and Emily Morris to our inaugural advisory board. With such powerful and inspiring leaders in the fields of education, theatre, and international development supporting our mission GET is primed for continued growth. Philip..
READ MOREWork with GETheatre as a Teaching Artist in Zanzibar
Global Empowerment Theatre (GETheatre) is looking for teaching artist interns for our summer 2012 program in Zanzibar (East Africa). GETheatre has been working in Zanzibar since 2006, providing secondary school students with intensive English literacy training workshops using devised theatre techniques. Typically programs run..
READ MOREAnnouncing GETIndia 2012!
GETheatre is pleased to announce our second annual partnership with The Parikrma Humanity Foundation. Parikrma is a non-profit school in Bangalore, India that serves over 1,300 students from 53 slum communities around the city. Last January 2011, GETheatre conducted a 4 day pilot workshop..
READ MOREGETheatre’s Students to Perform before Shaggy at ZIFF!
We are pleased to announce that tomorrow GETheatre’s students at Kiembe Samaki will debut the first of three performances of their original play, Try, Try, You Can Fly! It has been a truly wonderful experience to work with these talented and ambitious young people..
READ MOREGETZanzibar 2011
“Kiembe Samaki Number One!” Strong young women dressed in colorful Kangas and proud young men with contagious smiles line up in anticipation of their first performance of “Yes We Can!,” an original play they spent the past two weeks carefully crafting. Â Before filing onto..
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