The Drama of Social Change

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This course combines applied theater (a specialized field that uses theater as a means for social change), performance studies, and sociology. Students spend the first half of the semester volunteering at non-profit organizations working on pressing societal issues and the second half of the semester creating public performances around the issue in which they have been engaged. Performances take place in traditional theater spaces in addition to site-specific locations throughout Pace and the city. The final project is a presentation of one act plays and monologues created by the students.