through performance
WARENES
PRiViLEGE UNPLUGGED VI
Awareness
through
Performance is
a production
created by UW-L
students that
brings together
both upbeat and
serious scenes
which encourage
audience
members to
acknowledge
the dignity and
worth of all
people. Through
creative and
artistic messages,
the audience is
provided with the
tools necessary
to further engage
in dialogue and
take action to
educate others
about the
topics discussed.
This event is
sponsored by the
Research and
Resource Center
for Campus
Climate.
January 22, 2012
4:00 & 7:00 P.M.
GMH Auditorium
PERFOR MER S
Richard Allenby | Daniel Bero | Jacqueline Bisson | Bobby Black
Lily Cornwell | Lejia Dongzhu | Allison Evans | Stephanie Fletcher
Fatima Guled | Michaela Habberley | Ryan Kacvinsky
Angela Marinello | Paige McKibben | Ashley Nicholas
Melanie Quiñones | Andrew Rasmussen | Brie Robbins
Crystal Rosado | Nicholas Springer | Cheyenne Todd
ADVISOR S
Nizam Arain | Carrie Bero | Matt Evensen
Amanda Goodenough | Natalie Magnus | Katee Jo Neumann
Kate Oganowski | Willem Van Roosenbeek
I N T ER P R ETER
Sarah Erickson
SPECI AL THANKS TO
Our Cross Cultural Guides for their valued
and different perspectives.
Barbara Stewart for her leadership and support.
Ingrid Peterson and Tom Link
for sharing their time and expertise with us.
AWA R E N E S S I S A S T E P
Written by: Angela Marinello & Jazzma Holland • Directed by: Lily Cornwell, Brie
Robbins, Crystal Rosado, Bobby Black, Ashley Nicholas, Angela Marinello • [All Cast]
O N E S T E P F O RWA R D , O N E S T E P B A C K
Written by: Stephanie Fletcher, Daniel Bero, Paige McKibben,
Lejia Dongzhu, Fatima Guled [Cheyenne, Danny, Lejia, Paige, Melanie]
JUST LIKE YOU
Written by: Nicholas Springer, Fatima Guled, Stephanie Fletcher,
Andrew Rasmussen • [Fatima, Nick, Paige, Andrew]
STILL DREAMING
Written by: Crystal Rosado, Allison Evans, Fatima Guled, Lejia Dongzhu,
Michaela Habberley • [Lejia, Allison, Fatima, Michaela, Crystal]
GUARDIAN ANGEL
Written by: Andrew Rasmussen • [Andrew, Ashley]
W E L C O M E TO L A X S H O R E
Inspired by: MTV’s Jersey Shore • Written by: Angela Marinello,
Bobby Black, Crystal Rosado, Cheyenne Todd, Brie Robbins,
Daniel Bero, Lily Cornwell • [Andrew, Crystal, Lily, Bobby, Cheyenne Brie]
GAME OF CHANCE
Written by: Nicholas Springer, Jacqueline Bisson, Crystal Rosado, Allison
Evans, Fatima Guled, Daniel Bero • [Nick, Paige, Lejia, Brie, Danny]
BEAUTIFUL
Brant Mayer, Heather Holm, Nizam Arain, Brent Bankes
and Richard Allenby for their technical assistance.
Written by: Crystal Rosado, Allison Evans, Brie Robbins, Lily Cornwell,
Daniel Bero, Andrew Rasmussen • [Danny, Brie, Lily, Allison, Crystal, Andrew]
Michael Slevin for his assistance and patience
with our scheduling needs.
Written by: Stephanie Fletcher • [Jackie, Paige, Steff, Fatima, Danny, Ryan, Michaela]
The OMSS staff for allowing us to use their space.
Chartwells for their wonderful catering accommodations.
Our excellent custodial staff for their understanding
and help with our performance space.
DigiCopy for accommodating our quick printing needs.
Ryan Weigel & Ken Gast for capturing our performance through video.
Officer David Pehl for “opening the door” and visiting with us
during ATP Development Week.
Tara DeLong for contributing delicious treats
and keeping our tummies happy.
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.
SPONSOR ED B Y
UNDER WHOSE GOD
SIDE OF FLEXIBLE WITH YOUR SEXUAL
Written by: Melanie Quiñones, Nicholas Springer, Ryan Kacvinsky,
Ashley Nicholas • [Andrew, Paige, Melanie, Danny, Nick, Ryan, Ashley]
VOTING SCHMOTING
Written by: Angela Marinello, Crystal Rosado, Allison Evans, Michaela
Habberley, Bobby Black, Andrew Rasmussen • [Steff, Danny, Lejia,
Melanie, Nick, Paige, Fatima, Ashley, Brie, Allison, Crystal, Andrew]
WHISPERS
Written by: Ryan Kacvinsky, Melanie Quiñones, Angela Marinello, Paige McKibben,
Allison Evans, Michaela Habberley, Bobby Black, Andrew Rasmussen • [All Cast]
I WA S H E R E
“I Was Here” Produced by: Beyoncé Knowles
Choreographed by: Bobby Black, Michaela Habberley, Jacqueline Bisson
[Bobby, Michaela, Jackie, Ryan, Fatima]
S O C I E T Y H E A RT B R E A K
Written by: Allison Evans • [Allison, Ashley]
D A R E TO B A R E
Written by Jacqueline Bisson, Angela Marinello, Ashley Nicholas, Lily Cornwell,
Brie Robbins, Cheyenne Todd, Bobby Black, Will Van Roosenbeek, Ryan
Kacvinsky, Richard Allenby • [Brie, Ryan, Jackie, Lily, Ashley, Bobby,
Cheyenne, Angela, Richard, Michaela, Lejia, Andrew, Nick]
P E R F E C T. . . TO M E
Written by: Angela Marinello, Jacqueline Bisson, Stephanie Fletcher • [Bobby]
...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
(Exit Interviews, Campus Climate Surveys, 1-Minute Unit/Office Assessment, etc.)
Safe Space & Home for Dialogue
Community Outreach
Research, Resources & Other Information
Carrie Bero • Matt Evensen • Amanda Goodenough
Barbara Stewart • Will Van Roosenbeek
www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate
1120 Centennial Hall • 608.785.5094
SKITTLES
Written by: Richard Allenby, Paige McKibben, Angela Marinello,
Michaela Habberley • [Richard, Melanie]
S E PA R AT E B U T E Q U A L
Written by: Nicholas Springer • [Nick]
M Y S TO RY
Written by: Angela Marinello, Melanie Quiñones, Lejia Dongzhu, Andrew
Rasmussen, Stephanie Fletcher • [Angela, Lejia, Steff]
B E T H E C H A N G E Y O U W I S H TO S E E
Music by: Black Eyed Peas, Natash Beddingfield, James Morrison
Soloists: Paige McKibben, Lily Cornwell, Bobby Black, Angela Marinello,
Cheyenne Todd, Ryan Kacvinsky, Jacqueline Bisson
Guitarists: Daniel Bero, Richard Allenby • [All Cast]
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
HOW IT AL L S TART E D . . . .
“O.P.P.” by Naughty by Nature
“Fix the World Up For You” by James Morrison
“Us” by Brother Ali
“Wide Eyes” by Local Natives
“Changes” by Tupac
“Stressed Out” by A Tribe Called Quest
“Makeup” by Amanda Blank
“The Apprentice Theme Song”
“Make You Crazy” by Brett Dennen
“Roll Away Your Stone” by Mumford and Sons
“Fly One Time” by Ben Harper
“I Love You and Buddha Too” by Mason Jennings
“Grace Kelly” by Mika
“Learnalilgivinanlovin’” by Gotye
“Teardrop” by Massive Attack
“Hope” by Twista
“Take Care” by Drake
“Strip Me” by Natasha Beddingfield
“For What Its Worth” by Buffalo Springfield
“Fuckin’ Perfect” by Pink
“Beautiful” by The Tones
“Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
“The Mountain” by Ludovico Einaudi
“One Day” by Hans Zimmer
“We All Want Love” by Rihanna
“If You’re Out There” by John Legend
“One Tribe” by Black Eyed Peas
“Man in the Mirror” by James Morrison
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.
REFERENCES
A new ATP Troupe is carefully selected each semester, and is always
comprised of 15-20 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.
The program you are about to experience was created in just 8 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.
America was built by immigrants. Retrieved from http://waai.digitalcity-
mechanics.com/america-was-built-by-immigrants
ATP is indeed changing the world… one performance at a time.
Canaday, M. (2009). The straight state. New Jersey: Princenton University Press.
To learn more, please visit www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.
ColorLine and the Applied Research Center. Retrieved from
http://colorlines.com/droptheiword/ & http://www.youtube.com/
watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ebs6SCPf_dU
Dove evolution [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
Piper, T. (Director), Stavv, Y. (Director), & Kirkland, M. (Writer) (2006).
U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from:http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/
socdemo/voting/
VOTED “2010-11 BEST ALL-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR” BY RHAC
PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE 2009 PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FROM THE STATE COUNCIL ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND
THE OFFICE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
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 “2006-07 BEST ALL-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR” BY UW-L’S RHAC
HIS TORY OF S T E P
The roots of the “STEPPING” dance date as far back as the ancestral
tribes of Africa.
Go to: www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate, click on “Hate Incident Form.”
For concerns about relationship violence, sexual assault,
or stalking, please contact:
INGRID PETERSON
Violence Prevention Specialist
149 Graff Main Hall| 608-785-5126
ipeterson@uwlax.edu
League of Women Voters
www.lwv.org
It has been written that rival tribes would settle disputes by challenging
each other to dance. However, “STEPPING” was probably most heavily
influenced by an African American dance called Juba. The Juba Dance
came from Africa to the West Indies via the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Juba eventually made it to the United States where it evolved into a
rhythmic stomping, patting, and tapping of the body dance style.
During Slavery, Juba was more commonly known as Hambone. At the
turn of the nineteenth century, an African American founded fraternityAlpha Phi Alpha- would sophisticate the Hambone Dance by adding
synchronized chanting and beats from the hands and feet. This unified
rhythm sport is what we now call “STEPPING.”
The roots of “STEPPING” are also heavily connected and influenced by
African American college students and Greek organizations. “STEPPING” is practiced at almost every college campus where Black GreekLetter organizations are represented. This art form allows fraternities
and sororities a way of building a deeper and closer bond with each
other across different college campuses in the nation, as well as provide an opportunity to connect with common history.
Today youth and adult organizations across America embrace this art
form because of how it unifies people through rhythm and dialogue.
AWARENESS
Some people want you to save the world. All we ask is that you save the date.
through performance.
COMING TO A GRAFF MAIN HALL AUDITORIUM NEAR YOU:
March 5th | 7:00 pm
Ready to be a change agent?!
Applications for our
fall 2012 ATP Troupe begin
in mid-March
For more information, visit:
www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.
DON’T MISS OUR OPEN MIC NIGHT!
Wednesday, April 11 in the Cellar!
Sponsored by UW-L’s Research & Resource Center for Campus Climate | Free & open to the public | For disability accommodations, call (608) 785-5094
Celebration OF DIVERSITY!
This event will showcase some of the outstanding work being done at UW-L
in regards to diversity and will consist of two parts: a diversity resource room
(which will include information tables from offices and organizations related to diversity),
and 13 presentations from faculty, staff and students
which will be presented every hour in Valhalla and Port O’Call.