About me
Jordan Burnham-Bialik is a community-centered theater educator and social justice advocate whose work focuses on empowering young people through critical drama pedagogy. Currently serving as Drama Teacher at The Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts, they teach courses including Drama as Advocacy, which uses Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to help middle school students explore and address real-world challenges. Jordan holds a Master of Arts in Theatre Education from Emerson College, where they developed approaches to adapting Augusto Boal's methodologies for youth settings. Their teaching practice emphasizes creating brave spaces where students can authentically investigate social issues through dramatic play and collaborative creation. Prior to Park, Jordan developed and taught theatre programs at multiple institutions including Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Shady Hill School, and French Woods Festival for the Performing Arts, consistently centering student voice and community engagement. They have facilitated professional development workshops on creating cultures of consent in theatre spaces and using Theatre of the Oppressed techniques for career development. Jordan's directing work spans devised pieces, musicals, and student-driven social justice theatre, including productions that blend traditional theatrical forms with Forum Theatre techniques. Their work consistently demonstrates that theatre education can be both artistically rigorous and socially transformative, making space for young people to explore and address the issues that matter most in their lives.
