The Art of Care for Children in Adversity and Those Who Serve Them

Facilitated by Raghad Makhlouf, Associate Director of The Art of Care, with Gillian Huebner, Executive Director of The Collaborative on Global Children's Issues and Emma Jaster, Associate Director of The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics.

This workshop will provide an opportunity for people working with children to experience the power of narrative, story-telling, communications, and performance in the midst of conflict and crisis. It is open to professionals, students, and community members. Part of the Art of Care Initiative,* led by The Lab's Executive and Artistic Director Derek Goldman, this closed-door workshop will include Georgetown students and faculty, frontline actors, social creatives working under authoritarianism, and key allies to share stories, reflect, reconnect with purpose and play, and think through ways to communicate their work to build further support.

The two live sessions, "Truth Telling, Performance, and the Art of Getting Things Done" and "The Art of Care for Children in Adversity and Those Who Serve Them" are presented in partnership with The Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues.

*For past projects with The Collaborative, see , , , and others.

*The Art of Care Initiative advances the idea that art and care are profoundly linked, and that this linkage can lead to more caring systems, better health outcomes, and a more just world.

Raghad Makhlouf

Raghad Makhlouf is an accomplished actress, director, and teaching artist, and a two-time Helen Hayes Award nominee. She is thrilled to join The Art of Care initiative as the Associate Director. With a dynamic career that spans Syria, Lebanon, and Europe, she has an extensive repertoire of performances on stage and has appeared in more than 400 hours of television drama. As an actress, she has been associated with several prestigious theaters and theater companies in the US including Signature Theatre, Theater Alliance, Mosaic Theater, Shakespeare in The Woods, Spooky Action, The Welders, Folger Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Her assistant directing and directing credits include productions like “Frontiers Sans Frontiers” at Spooky Action Theater, “Live from Jenin” at the Voices Festival, and “Silicon” and “Rosaline’s Story” at Al-Hamra Theatre in Syria. Raghad also served as a teaching assistant and assistant director at the Higher Institute of Drama in Syria for seven years, and she designed and led acting workshops for teenage Syrian refugees in Lebanon to support their emotional resilience. She believes in the therapeutic power of theater for underserved communities. In Syria, Raghad was part of an interactive theater group called The Studio, which toured Townes and villages, engaging residents and tackling local challenges through theater. She holds a BFA from the Higher Institute of Drama in Syria and an MFA in Classical Acting from George Washington University. You can follow her on Instagram at @raghadmakhlouf.

Emma Jaster

Jaster specializes in physical expression and communication as a performer, director, educator, and facilitator. As Associate Director of The Lab, she works with international artists at the intersection of politics and performance using the skills of the stage for the sake of diplomacy and advocacy. She also teaches movement at The Shakespeare Theater Company’s Academy of Classical Acting.

Gillian Huebner

Gillian Huebner is the Executive Director of the Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues at Georgetown University. Her work focuses on supporting the development, strengthening, and coordination of programs and systems to enhance community-based and nationally-owned approaches to fostering young people’s resilience, particularly in times of crisis.

Organized by The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics and the Center for International Theatre Development

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