Sustainability in Theatre

Al Justiniano, Teatro del Pueblo's artistic director was invited to participate as a guest panelist in this year's Minnesota Theater Alliance conference on Sustainability in Theatre. The conference on April 30- May1, 2012 focused on how inspiration, innovation and tangible choices in different parts of the world have made a difference in the way we run our theaters.

The conference was attended by a large number of theater artists from the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota as well as participants from New York and London via Skype.

Al was part of a panel dealing with Sustainable Administrations. He spoke about the intricacies of Teatro del Pueblo's ongoing collaborative effort with Pangea World Theater.  He discussed the challenges and rewards of developing a new type of collaborative framework that is both equitable and that leans itself to capacity building for both companies.


                                                     Al Justiniano from Teatro del Pueblo

Meena Natajaran from Pangea World Theater 

Other participants in the conference included sessions in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles, connected by Google+. Presenters included Michelle Hensley, Jack Reuler, Hal Cropp, Laura Zabel, Damon Runnals, Theresa Sweetland and Joanna Harmon among others.