the
WARENES
through performance
We are
Awareness
through
Performance.
We come
together to
promote greater
consciousness
around social
justice, diversity,
and climate issues
on the UW-L
campus and
beyond. Using the
stage as our
forum, we
creatively
challenge systems
of privilege and
oppression
and strive to plant
seeds of social
responsibility,
inspire critical
thought, and
spark a
campus-wide
conversation.
On our campus,
we are not only
students, but also
change agents
and leaders.
We are
committed.
We are
passionate.
We are both
learners and
teachers.
We are diverse in
our identities
and experiences
and most
importantly,
we are willing to
share our stories.
September 2, 2013
1:30 | 3:30 P.M.
Valhalla Auditorium,
Cartwright Center
This event is
sponsored by the
Research and
Resource Center for
Campus Climate.
PER F OR MER S
Ruthann Aitch | Richard Allenby | David M. Briggs | Liz Brown
Jamie Capetillo | Kierra Cowan | Stephanie Cuevas
Bethany Deluhery | Stephanie Fletcher | Fatima Guled
Kimberly Gutierrez | Stephanie Holt | Nicole Johnson
Sawyer Johnson | Alexis Klas | Megan Moneta | Ari Oium
Stephanie Shannon | Zach Shannon | Cheyenne Todd
Rob Warren | Sarah Zahirudin
ADVISOR S
Nizam Arain | Angela Birrittella | Matt Evensen
Amanda Goodenough| Willem Van Roosenbeek
SPECI AL THANKS TO
Our Cross Cultural Guides for their valued
and different perspectives.
Barbara Stewart for her leadership and support.
Jason Bertrand, Crys Champion, Tom Link, Ryan Nell, and
Ingrid Peterson for sharing their time and expertise with us.
Richard Allenby, Nizam Arain, Matt Evensen, Heather Holm,
& James Vought, for their technical assistance.
Tara DeLong for keeping our tummies happy!
Kate Oganowski for her prop skills.
Michael Slevin for his assistance and patience
with our scheduling needs.
The OMSS staff for allowing us to use their space.
DigiCopy for accommodating our quick printing needs.
Sodexo for their wonderful catering accommodations.
Our excellent custodial staff for their understanding
and help with our performance space.
Former ATP performers for their past contributions and ongoing support
with helping to build a sustainable peer education program.
And to all of the many other family members, friends, and partners
of the cast and crew for understanding,
supporting, encouraging, and believing in our
performance production, Awareness through Performance.
AWA RE N ESS IS A STEP
Choreographed by: Stephanie Holt, Fatima Guled, Steff Fletcher, Kimberly Gutierrez,
Cheyenne Todd • [All Cast]
E Q U I T Y OR EQUALITY
Written by: Stephanie Shannon, Ari Oium, Sarah Zahirudin, Zach Shannon,
Steff Fletcher, Nicole Johnson, Megan Moneta • [Ari, Sarah, Zach, Megan, Rob]
L I T T L E BLACK DRESS
Written by: Bethany Deluhery, Ruthann Aitch, Sarah Zahirudin, Zach Shannon, Stephanie
Cuevas, Sawyer Johnson, Nicole Johnson • [Ruthann, Sawyer, Zach, Fatima]
T H E G A M E O F I MMIGRATION
Written by: Sarah Zahirudin, Richard Allenby, Ari Oium, Alexis Klas, Zach Shannon,
Stephanie Cuevas, Fatima Guled • [Ari, Sarah, Zach, Fatima, Steff, Megan]
T H I S I S A N OPEN LETTER
Written by: David M. Briggs • [Dave, Richard, Stephanie H.]
T H E O T H E R O T H ER “ F” WORD
Written by: Ari Oium, Ruthann Aitch, Stephanie Cuevas, Steff Fletcher,
Nicole Johnson, Megan Moneta • [Stephanie C., Fatima, Megan, Sawyer]
T H E K IDDIE YEARS
Written by: Bethany Deluhery, Ari Oium, Sarah Zahirudin, David M. Briggs
[Zach, Bethany, Stephanie S. Ari, Liz, Cheyenne]
SO CI A L J U STICE LEAGUE
Written by: Stephanie Shannon, Alexis Klas, Rob Warren, David M. Briggs,
Sarah Zahirudin, Stephanie Cuevas, Megan Moneta
[Stephanie S., Dave, Megan, Rob]
FO R T HE CHILDREN
Written by: Nicole Johnson, Sarah Zahirudin, Kierra Cowan, Stephanie H.,
Cheyenne Todd, Stephanie Cuevas, Jamie Capetillo
[Sarah, Kierra, Stephanie C., Jamie]
OUT
Written by: Bethany Deluhery, Ari Oium, Alexis Klas, Ruthann Aitch, Liz Brown,
Zach Shannon, Steff Fletcher, Sawyer Johnson • [Bethany, Ari, Alexis, Ruthann,
Zach, Steff, Sawyer]
ST I CK S AND STONES
Produced by: Amanda Goodenough
T H E SO RT I N G CEREMONY
Written by: Richard Allenby, Ruthann Aitch, David M. Briggs, Liz Brown,
Steff Fletcher, Sawyer Johnson, Cheyenne Todd
[Stephanie S., Sawyer, Ruthann, Dave, Megan, Zach, Rob, Richard]
I S T H I S REALLY ME?
Written by: Rob Warren, Richard Allenby, Bethany Deluhery, David M. Briggs,
Sarah Zahirudin, Liz Brown, Zach Shannon, Kimberly Gutierrez, Jamie Capetillo
[Ruthann, Dave, Sarah, Kierra, Liz, Stephanie C., Kimberly, Rob]
W H AT’S THE TEA?
Written by: Kierra Cowan, Stephanie Holt, Cheyenne Todd, Jamie Capetillo
[Kierra, Stephanie H., Cheyenne, Jamie, Fatima]
T H AT’S NOT GAY
Written by: Alexis Klas, David M. Briggs, Rob Warren
[Kimberly, Ari, Stephanie C., Sarah]
O PE N THE DOOR
Written by: Ari Oium, Richard Allenby, Alexis Klas, Kierra Cowan, Nicole Johnson,
Megan Moneta • [Dave, Richard, Stephanie S., Stephanie H., Zach, Kimberly,
Jamie, Nicole, Megan, Rob, Kierra]
REVIVE
Written by: Bethany Deluhery, Stephanie Shannon, Ari Oium, Liz Brown,
Nicole Johnson • Music and Lyrics by: Trent Reznor • [Bethany, Nicole, Stephanie S.]
BRI CK BY BRICK
Written by: Ari Oium, David M. Briggs, Sarah Zahirudin, Sawyer Johnson,
Rob Warren • [Alexis, Sarah, Liz, Zach, Fatima, Sawyer, Rob]
IDENTITY WARFARE
Sponsored by UW-L’s Research & Resource Center for Campus Climate and Campus Activities Board | Free & open to the public
For disability accommodations, call (608) 785-5094 | Advance sign-up only necessary for those who desire a guaranteed spot
DON’T MISS OUR OPEN MIC NIGHT!
Thursday, November 7 in the Cellar!
Written by: Nicole Johnson, Jamie Capetillo, Kimberly Gutierrez, Stephanie Holt,
Ruthann Aitch, Richard Allenby • [Nicole, Bethany, Ari, Alexis, Ruthann, Sarah,
Stephanie H., Kierra, Liz, Stephanie C., Steff, Kimberly, Jamie, Cheyenne]
BREAKING THE SILENCE
Produced by: Liz Brown, David M. Briggs, Cheyenne Todd • [All Cast]
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“First Breath After Coma” by Explosions in the Sky
“K’naan” by The Seed
“Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year” by The Rescues
“Run the World” by Beyonce
“Dark I Know Well” by Spring Awakening
“The Avengers” by Alan Silvestri
“The Greatest Love of All” by Whitney Houston
“Same Love” by Macklemore & Mary Lambert
“Angel” by Sarah Mclachlan
Theme Song - Harry Potter
“Perfect” by P!nk
“Q.U.E.E.N.” by Janelle Monae
“You’re a Jerk” by New Boys
“Let Me Be Myself” by 3 Doors Down
“Black and Blue” by Carlie de Boer
“Wonder” by Emeli Sande
“Army of Me” by Christina Aguuilera
“Brave” by Sara Bareilles
REFERENCES
Anzaldúa, Gloria (2010). To Live in the Borderlands Means You.
Retrieved from: http://borderlandsnarratives.blogspotcom/2010/01/
gloria-anzaldua-to-live-in-borderlands.html
HOW I T AL L S TART E D . . . .
Awareness through Performance (ATP) first debuted on the UW-L campus
in the spring of 2006. With its essence largely rooted in the concept of
performance studies, where the message is placed above the delivery,
ATP exists as an alternative outlet for social activism on campus. Currently,
the Research and Resource Center for Campus Climate supports the
development and delivery of 6 performances during the academic year
on the UW-L campus.
A new ATP Troupe is carefully selected each semester, and is comprised
of approximately 20 students who share a passion for diversity and
social justice issues and a desire to further explore the dynamics of how
these issues shape our world. Because of their commitment to gaining
a greater understanding of the institutional oppressions and “isms” that
affect all members of our community, these students come together
for an accelerated journey to dialogue, research, reflect, write, and
eventually perform real life experiences that touch on topics of racism,
sexism, ageism, ableism, classism, heterosexism, gender expression
and identity, privilege, hate, cultural differences, and more. Using the
stage as their forum for educating, the performers creatively explore,
examine and dissect issues that are present in today’s society.
Hegewisch, A. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/
pay-equity-and-discrimination
The program you are about to experience was created in just 9 days.
It is hoped that by watching this show, audience members will increase
their cross-cultural awareness, embrace a journey towards greater
understanding, and become committed to tearing down barriers and
building more inclusive communities. The performance is designed to
begin or continue the dialogue about difficult social issues even after
the performance concludes.
Morgan, S. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.flexyourrights.org/
ATP is indeed changing the world… one performance at a time.
Reznor, Trent (1995). Hurt [Nine Inch Nails]. On The Downward Spiral. Location: Interscope Records.
To learn more, please visit www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.
Flynn, M., & Shikha, D. (2008). What Part of Legal Don’t You
Understand? Retrieved from http://reason.org/files/
a871550853898a9b306ef458f116079.pdf
Shin, Laura (2013). Moms Now Top Breadwinners in a Record 4 in 10 Homes. Retrieved from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/
laurashin/2013/05/29/moms-now-top-breadwinners-in-a-record-
4-in-10-homes/
Willoughby, B. (2004). 10 ways to fight hate on campus: A response guide for college activists. Tolerance.org, A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
NOMINATED FOR DIVERSITY PROGRAM OF THE MONTH
(SEPTEMBER 2012, NACURH, INC.)
NOMINATED FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE MONTH
(SEPTEMBER 2012, NACURH, INC.)
PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE 2012 PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD BY
WISCONSIN COLLEGE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION (WCPA)
VOTED 2012 OUTSTANDING DIVERSITY PROGRAM
BY UW-L’S RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
ADDITIONAL THANKS TO
VOTED “BEST ALL-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR”
BY UW-L’S RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, 2010-11
Jazzma Holland and Chris Losinski for their wonderful technical support!
PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE 2009 PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FROM THE STATE COUNCIL ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND
THE OFFICE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
S I G N T H E P L E D G E AT U W L A X . E D U / U N I T E D !
NOMINATED FOR THE 2009 REGENTS DIVERSITY AWARD
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE
NOMINATED FOR THE 2008 REGENTS EXCELLENCE AWARD
BY UW-L‘S ACADEMIC STAFF COUNCIL
VOTED “BEST ALL-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR”
BY UW-L’S RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, 2006-07
...building commUNITY to enhance our campus climate.
Educational Programming/Training
(Intercultural Sensitivity Awareness, Diversity, Work/Life Balance, etc.)
Hate Response Team/Hate Incident Form
Awareness through Performance
Assessment of Campus Climate
Safe Space & Home for Dialogue
Community Outreach
Research, Resources & Other Information
Angela Birrittella • Matt Evensen • Amanda Goodenough
Barbara Stewart • Yang Cha Thao • Karmin Van Domelen
Will Van Roosenbeek
www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate | 1120 Centennial Hall • 608.785.5094
Go to: www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate, click on “Hate/Bias Incident Form.”
AWARENESS
Some people want you to save the world. All we ask is that you save the date.
through performance.
COMING TO A UW-L VALHALLA AUDITORIUM NEAR YOU:
October 14 | January 26 | March 10
For concerns about relationship violence,
sexual assault, or stalking, please contact:
INGRID PETERSON
Violence Prevention Specialist
149 Graff Main Hall
608-785-5126
peterson.ingr@uwlax.edu
Ready to be a change agent?!
Applications for our
spring 2014 ATP Troupe
begin in mid-October.
For more information, visit:
www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.