A Journal Entry about Developing a Street Theatre Play for Amnesty Luxembourg Related to the Subject of the Intersection between Human Rights and Climate Change

A theatre critic, DANA RUFOLO covers Europe for Plays International & Europe (PIE) online. As director of the Theater Research Institute of Europe (www.theater-research-institute.eu) in Luxembourg, she edited the then-quarterly PIE from 2013 until the end of 2021, when it ceased publication as a paper magazine: it is now online, owned by a former PIE sub-editor. Rufolo belongs to the International Association of Theatre Critics, the League of Professional Theatre Women in New York, and the A:LL Luxembourg writers’ association. Rufolo’s dramatic poetry performances I am Viola da Gamba (poetry and music) premiered at the Conservatory of Luxembourg in 2013 and Joyn (poetry and dance) premiered at Konstance, Germany in December 2022. She develops street theatre productions for Amnesty Luxembourg and is presently marketing several new plays. Rufolo holds a MA in theatre theory and criticism and a PhD in theatre studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, a BA in literature from the University of California at San Diego and a DESS in Art Therapy with a focus on drama therapy from the Universities of Luxembourg and Paris V.