"The Yellow Dress is a hard-hitting play that helps teens understand that excessive control is not a sign of love."
Charles Osgood,
The Osgood File
Testimonials
Deana's Educational Theater
"Deana's Educational Theater delivers a powerful
message of violence prevention to students from all backgrounds. I highly
recommend these programs to anyone who wants to make a difference."
Det. Lt. James Pierce
Winchester MA Police Dept.
"Teachers and students developed
a common language, and we saw an increase in disclosures after the bully
prevention plays and teacher training. We witnessed incredibly powerful
effects that lasted throughout the year."
Ilyse Frische
Manchester
Memorial School
Manchester MA
"Outstanding! I've never seen
more powerful violence prevention tools!"
Trooper Lisa Washington
Brown
MA State Police Domestic Violence Prevention Unit
"The use of Deana's Educational Theater has
been a part of the Fort Sill Family Advocacy's Child Safety Education
Program over the past two years. Over 5,000 military affiliated students
have been impacted by Deana's Educational Theater' s dating violence and bullying prevention
programs."
David Carnaham
Army Community Service
Fort Sill Army
Base
Fort Sill OK
"I've worked with [Deana's Educational Theater] for the past five years. The plays are incredibly effective, and
the fact that my own students perform and teach younger students has made
this a powerful learning tool for young children and teens in the Cambridge
Schools. I highly recommend Deana's Educational Theater to any school."
Eileen
Taxe Levine
STARS Advisor
Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School
Cambridge
MA
All Starz
"Deana's Educational Theater performances
and classroom workshops have helped us to be more aware of what our students
are experiencing. As a result, I'm more direct in asking children to come
to us and let us know when they're having trouble with a situation. We're
all communicating more effectively about bullying behaviors in and around
our school."
Janis Rennie
Principal
Great Oaks Elementary School
Danvers MA
"Our students found it informative
and enjoyable and the actors were very talented and professional. The
after show discussion brought it all together for us."
Danielle
Bailey
Social Worker
Clinton MA
Doin' The Right Thing
"Doin the Right Thing! is
the best thing that has ever happened at our school since I've been here."
Leila Jackson
Lewis School
Boston MA
"Deana's Educational Theater was extremely
helpful in assisting the New Bedford Police in implementing a Bullying
Prevention Program. I would strongly recommend Doin' the Right Thing!
to any organization. The trainings for police officers, teachers and parents
were helpful and professionally done."
Lt. J. Cordeiro
New Bedford
Police Department
"Each performance was geared
to the eye of the students. The teachers were very impressed with all
of it. They gave a great 7th grade performance. We plan on having them
back next year!"
Nancy Spaulding
Bourne, MA
Remote Control
"We need to get across messages
that dating violence is about power and control - your play did that very
effectively! ...I would recommend Deana's Educational Theater to any domestic violence
project in the country."
Ben Zeman
Community Educator
Women's
Protective Services
Framingham MA
"The performance was excellent...The
performance is what opened the door to our students thinking carefully
before finding themselves in hurtful or dangerous relationships."
Lyman Goding
Principal
Plymouth Middle School
Plymouth MA
"The play itself was rich
and complex, but very comprehensible at the same time--and very engaging.
Thank you to all of the performers and everyone at Deana's Educational Theater for creating
an excellent educational event on a topic that is so important for teens."
Kristen La Mont
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School
Waltham MA
Remote Control - Military Version
Amazing…it really connected with our servicemen and women and left them talking, thinking and ready to discuss the way we think about sexual assault. The message of prevention of violence was clearly on target with our goals.
Military Sponsor
The Yellow Dress
"I would like to thank you
for such a great performance that you gave us. You made me think of a
lot of things. I was in an abusive relationship and it was real hard for
me to get out. I was alone. I didn't tell my mom because I didn't want
to worry her... he smacked me like twice but a lot more times he threw
things and would say, 'You're lucky you're a girl.' I thought he was gonna
change but he didn't. I had to get out of it myself. I thank God I'm still
alive."
Student
North High School
Worcester, MA
"The Yellow Dress is a classic.
It's important that every student experiences this intense, educational
program that enhances their understanding about relationships and prepares
them for life. I've seen it many times and am still deeply moved - and
I see its effect on my students each year. We show it to all freshmen
every year."
Lew Lattanzi
Beverly High School
Beverly MA
"I first saw The Yellow Dress
at a Presbytery meeting, and was so moved that I wrote a grant proposal
to bring the production to the Phillipsburg area in the hopes of reaching
folks in a somewhat low socioeconomic area with this important message.
We had 95 people in our sanctuary the night of the event, mostly teens.
You could hear a pin drop! It was just as powerful for me the second time
as it was the first. I have heard feedback from some other groups that
the performance led to good discussions."
Barbara Smith
Pilgrim
Presbyterian Church
Phillipsburg NJ
"...truly outstanding...a
compelling portrait of the reasons we must address relationship violence
in a comprehensive approach."
Billie Weiss
Executive Director
Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles CA
"For 45 minutes after (The
Yellow Dress) play, we heard the low hum of conversation: no laughter,
no off-task behavior.... An excellent list of discussion topics for facilitators."
McNulty, Heller and Binet
Confronting Dating Violence
Educational Leadership
"The most successful aspect
was the after-effects...many disclosures were made by both victims and
their friends. Abusers also asked for help."
Brenda Sorenson
A Safe Place/Lake County Crisis Center
Waukegan, IL
The Yellow Dress (College & Military Version)
"The performance was wonderful
and the discussion was exceptional. The audience benefited tremendously
and loved the show. The actress was believable and talked to the audience
as if she was talking one-on-one with each of them. I recommend The Yellow
Dress to any program interested in this critical aspect of campus safety."
Lt. Ann Gaster Spain
Salem Academy & College
Winston-Salem NC
"Deana's Educational Theater is very easy
to work with. They provided a great deal of support with the logistics
for the performance. The Yellow Dress has garnered a lot of positive feedback.
We are pleased to be bringing them back for a third time."
Stephen
Pitters
Family Advocacy Program
Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild,
WA
"The room had about 400 people
in it and they were riveted in their seats...The performance left few
dry eyes in the house..."
Debbie Carter
Texas Council on Family
Violence
Austin TX
"The play was beautifully
performed and the discussion related to the students incredibly well.
I've actually never seen someone relate to a group of college students
better than Lindsey Baxter!"
Stephan Bulawski
St. Cloud State
University Women's Center
St. Cloud MN
