Theatre for Social Change Learning

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"I believe that all the truly revolutionary theatrical groups should transfer to the people the means of production in the theater so that the people themselves may utilize them. The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it."(Boal, 1993) In this course we will focus on studying the work of Augusto Boal, the creator of the Theatre of The Oppressed (TO) and familiarize ourselves with and experiment with different TO techniques to promote social change. We will look at other genres that emerged from TO, such as applied theatre, moment work and invisible theatre. We will examine how this work is used by various groups and communities and discuss how theatre can be used in a social and political context. 3 Credits.