and community action leaders!
About this Event
Date: Saturday, September 21, 10-6 PM
Location: The People’s Forum at 320 West 37th Street, NY, NY 10018
Cost: The course fee is offered on a sliding scale from $60 – $180.
In this participatory course, we will use theory and practice to explore Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.) through an intensive one-day workshop. The TO was created by Augusto Boal in Brazil in 1971, is a humanist theatrical form with its roots in social justice that breaks the boundary between audience and stage and invites people to make Theatre their own. Through audience participation, as “spect-actors” (rather than spectators) It makes use of the Theatre as a tool for the oppressed to move from a condition of passivity to actively resisting their oppressors. Led by jokers (who “difficultate” rather than “facilitate”), T.O. has been used by groups around the world to explore, understand, and fight back against a wide range of oppressions. Oppression of class, race, gender, and culture, among others.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The People's Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, United States
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