The Penelope Project : An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care.

Intro -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Foreword, by Elinor Fuchs -- Introduction: This Book, This Story -- Who Was Penelope? You Ask -- Excerpt from Finding Penelope, Scene 1, by Anne Basting -- Part One: The Landscape -- The Current Landscape of Activities/Programming in Long-Term Care, by Kirsten M. Jacobs -- Social/Civic Practice in Theatre, by Michael Rohd -- Penelope Goes to College . . . but Does She Get Accepted into the Theatre Department?, by Jan Cohen-Cruz -- Part Two: Building Partnerships and Charting a Path -- What Is Luther Manor?, by Anne Basting -- Evolution of an Idea: In Dialogue, by Anne Basting and Beth Meyer-Arnold -- Evolution of an Idea: In Dialogue, by Anne Basting and Michael Rohd -- Shaping the Project Structure from a Care Perspective: In Dialogue, by Anne Basting and Beth Meyer-Arnold -- Shaping the Project Structure from an Arts Perspective: In Dialogue, by Anne Basting and Michael Rohd -- Shaping the Project Structure from a Teaching/Learning Perspective, by Robin Mello and Anne Basting -- The Structure and Evolution of Funding for Penelope, by Anne Basting -- The Structure and Evolution of Evaluation of Penelope, by Anne Basting -- The Mythic Lens of Penelope, by Robin Mello and Anne Basting -- Part Three: Resistance, Realizations, and Adjustments -- Excerpt from Finding Penelope, Scene 1, by Anne Basting -- On Fear and Trepidation, by Anne Basting -- Staff Resistances, Reactions, and Interactions, by Ellie Rose -- Challenges for Students, by Robin Mello -- Students' Eye View of Penelope, by Fly Steffens and Angela Fingard -- On the Comfort of Entertainment, by Anne Basting -- The First Rehearsal, by Maureen Towey -- The Demands of a Painter, or Who Is an Artist?, by Ellie Rose -- Open and Roving Rehearsals, by Michael Rohd and Maureen Towey -- Part Four: Rewards.

The Arts of Penelope: Art-Making and Making Artifacts, by Ellie Rose and Shannon Scrofano -- Who Is a Hero in Your Own Life?, by Jolene Hansen -- Mamie's Story, by Beth Meyer-Arnold -- On Playing the Suitors: In Dialogue, by Daniel Cohen and Rusty Tym -- On Playing Penelope: In Dialogue, by Joyce Heinrich and Nikki Zaleski -- Five Seconds after the Audience Left, by Anne Basting -- The Magic of the Movement, by Anne Basting and Leonard Cruz -- Finding an Ending, by Maureen Towey -- Excerpt from Finding Penelope, Scene 5, by Anne Basting -- Part Five: Evaluation and Evolution -- Beyond Penelope at Luther Manor, by Ellie Rose -- On the Challenges of Continuity in Civic Arts Projects: In Dialogue, by Michael Rohd and Anne Basting -- Making Structural Changes in the Curriculum through Penelope, by Robin Mello and Anne Basting -- What Did the Research Tell Us?, by Robin Mello and Julie Voigts -- The Essential Elements of Penelope, by Robin Mello and Julie Voigts -- The Landscape beyond Penelope, by Anne Basting, Ellie Rose, and Maureen Towey -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Penelope Project Timeline -- Appendix 2. Penelope Project Team -- Appendix 3. Partnership Agreement -- Appendix 4. Prompts for Penelope Activities and Challenges -- Appendix 5. Storytelling and Playwriting Syllabus -- Appendix 6. A Note on the Program Evaluation, by Robin Mello -- Appendix 7. Funding Partners -- Appendix 8. Survey Questions -- Contributors -- Index.

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