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TO PROTECT, SERVE AND UNDERSTAND

TO PROTECT, SERVE AND UNDERSTAND

Round 10
January 13 & 14 at 7:30 PM

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WHERE OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY CREATE ART TOGETHER

Theatre doesn’t always happen on stage. It unfolds all around us on a daily basis.

In 2015, we witnessed with horror the tragic death of Eric Garner at the hands of NYC police officers. Our city was forced to grapple with questions of history, procedure, and social responsibility, and Irondale saw an opportunity to contribute to the discussion through its unique lens of improvisation, actor training, and ensemble building.

Over the past 8 years, To Protect, Serve, and Understand™ (TPSU™) has gained local and national acclaim for being an innovative training program designed to ease tension between police and community members. Each series of workshops lasts ten weeks. Seven officers and seven community members come together to break bread, play, sing and have difficult conversations. They learn how to communicate and how to listen. They learn to improvise, tell their own stories, and “step into each other’s shoes.” The workshops culminate in public performances that show what can come from mutual trust and empathetic understanding.

Watch a video about the series here:

“There is no hope unless you and I sit side by side at the site of loss, telling each other the story of that night”
The Stones of Litfa - Marc Kaminsky

What would you say to the police?
REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN FOR TPSU™ - ROUND 12

We are looking for civilians to join the 12th round of TPSU™, a transformative 10-week, 40-hour workshop rooted in social change, activism, and humanity. You will be in a room with other civilians and some police officers, and the facilitators will guide the group through theatre exercises, improvisations and difficult conversations.

Registrations are open for anyone who are ready to commit to the program and attend all workshops, rehearsals and public performances at The Space at Irondale. Civilians receive a $1,000 stipend for participating.

ROUND 12 IMPORTANT DATES:
- Interviews: August - October
- Workshops: Oct 22 - Jan 14, 2025 - Tuesdays evenings from 6-10pm
- Rehearsals: Jan 15 & 16, 2025
- Public '"sharings": Jan 17 & 18, 2025

REGISTER NOW FOR AN INTERVIEW

YOUR SUPPORT MAKES IT POSSIBLE

For more than 40 years, Irondale has been a place where artists and audiences matter.

To do the work we do, we count on our community of friends, neighbors and citizen artists who share our value of creating projects that speak to the issues of today.

We are entirely in debt to our community. Your support makes it possible.

DONATE TODAY to help us guarantee the future of our company, artists & staff.

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We’re All a Part of that Matrix
LISTEN ON
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Brooklyn Forever
LISTEN ON
EP 03
What do you see
LISTEN ON
Terry Greiss

contact us

For more information, please contact

Terry Greiss
terry@irondale.org
The space at Irondale Building
Phone: (718) 488.9233Fax: (718) 788.0607info@irondale.org
85 South Oxford Street
Fort Greene, Brooklyn 11217
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