The perfect program for bringing together

a large & diverse campus audience.

Peterson Toscano and I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window

Peterson Toscano uses comedy, storytelling and unbelievable character transformations to explore issues that matter to people on your campus. The results? Deeper dialogue, effective community building, and a wildly entertaining performance. Transcending party politics, Peterson addresses racism, sexism, homophobia, the environment, foreign policy and family values. He even slips in a dance number!

I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window! Lessons Before the Second Coming

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...the brilliantly fresh approach to time-old controversial topics will give audience members

from all political and religious perspectives something new to think about as they leave the theatre.

-Zack Ford in his review for Zack Ford Blogs

Peterson Toscano has performed his insightful comedies at many universities including:

American University
University of Maryland
Sarah Lawrence College
Earlham College
Portland State University
Rice University
University of TN, Chattanooga
McGill University
University of Illinois
James Madison University
Brown University
University of British Columbia
Warren Wilson College
University of Puget Sound
Colgate University

What People have said about Peterson Toscano & his work

The Re-education of George W. Bush, was a wicked satire told in the character of Marvin Bloom, a “Jew for Jesus” from New York, who loves his praise-and-worship step-aerobic class.

Toscano worked through various personae, among them “the Revd Dr Meadows”, preaching on Sodom and Gomorrah, “God in smiting mood”. But the most endearing thing about the show was Toscano speaking in his own person: very likeable, very disarming, and so very, very funny.

-The Church Times UK

I loved meeting the cast of characters who guided me through their gently hardhitting musings and dawnings about the impact of how they/we, live their/our lives. But even more I loved meeting Peterson through his willing vulnerability in sharing himself.

Ali, Wakefield, England

Toscano’s acting skills as well as the format of the piece recall the one-woman shows of Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg whose character studies unearth the neurotic complications in all of us.

-John W. Sykes, in newsweekly (from review of Doin' Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House--How I Survived the Ex-Gay Movement)

To be honest I was afraid that your play would be just another lambasting session on Bush, which I just hate. You came across so fraternal, so bridge building, so consistently inviting ALL to "re-educate Bush", always, in all dimensions, everywhere, including each one of us...

-Gwann (João / John) Xerri, op, Marsa, Malta

It was a pleasure sharing the stage with Peterson Toscano! He is a wonderful actor, moving easily from one character to another in an intricately woven set of monologues that show, rather than tell the audience about the vital social justice themes he explores.

-Kimberly Dark, performance artist and sociologist.

He was able to remain witty and engaging, while also noting the complex interactions between many overlapping identities, such as race, class, ability, etc. This is no easy task! It was a change to hear my students laugh while learning and Toscano was a gentle and entertaining teacher. I highly recommend him for campus and classroom visits.

-Deric Shannon, Instructor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Connecticut

After enjoying (several times) the brilliant wit, humour and insightful observations in "Doin time in the homo-nomo halfway house" it was hard to imagine how Peterson could follow such an amazing one-man play with anything that would equal it. However, the "Re-Education . . ." reveals Peterson's amazing breadth of wit, insight and imagination as he tackles a range of hugely important issues - some quite seriously, some in a deeply moving way and others with side-splitting humour. A must-see!

-Jeremy Marks, Founder and Director of Courage UK

I have had the chance to see Peterson Toscano perform several times in Sweden. His work makes a big impact on me every time I see it. He has an ability as an actor to entertain, and at the same time, he gets the audience to really reflect on complicated issues. He then invokes the desire to make a change. His writing is very political, but at the same time very personal as he manages to weave the two things together to bring his audience to knowledge that matters to everyone.

-Alex Resare, Umeå, Sweden