Citizen Artist Community Engagement Project

The Citizen Artist Community Engagement Project (CACE) is a new 6-credit service-learning course that will be offered by the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). BGSU will partner with Libbey High School, a diverse urban high school in the south side of Toledo in the Toledo Public School District. In concert with the youthLEAD model, BGSU and 11th grade Libbey students will work towards the creation of a documentary theatre project focused on citizenship. Libbey students will conduct interviews with a wide spectrum of Toledo community members. BGSU students will consult and problem-solve along the way. Working collaboratively, all of the students will synthesize their findings into an original theatre performance about civic life in America to share with peers and community members, followed by a post-performance dialogue.