Eunice S. Ferreira

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR – DIRECTING, HISTORY & THEORY

Supporting BIPOC voices in the arts  

For Associate Professor of Theater Eunice S. Ferreira, theater isn’t something you sit back and watch from afar: It’s an opportunity to address deep-rooted injustices in our society and local community. 

Leaning into creativity and with support from the Periclean Faculty Leadership Program for civic engagement in the classroom, Ferreira is teaching Theater for Social Justice and Change and bringing the conversation into the community through partnerships with local groups MLK Saratoga and Black Dimensions in Art (BDA).  

“Students are researching and practicing how theater can be applied in a variety of settings to educate, build community, address social justice issues, foster civic engagement, and catalyze social change,” said Ferreira. 

Using techniques from Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and other interactive approaches, students are applying their learning to hypothetical case studies and real-life community needs. They’re also partnering with BDA members and Skidmore’s John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS) to facilitate conversations on art and activism in order to archive the legacy of BDA in a documentary film for the group’s 50th anniversary.   

Follow her on at Instagram @bipoctheater.