THEA 270 Theatre For Social Change

THEA 270 Theatre for Social Change (TSC) is an introductory course on practices and theories of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, Community-based Theatre and Theatre for Development. Eminently practical, we will explore and apply principles and techniques of six participatory theatre modalities: 1. Games for non-actors 2. Image theatre 3. Newspaper theatre 4. Invisible theatre 5. Forum theatre 6. Breaking the Oppression/Cop in the head In addition, we will survey the principles and practices of Community-Based Theatre and Theatre for Development models.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

THEA 117 and THEA 133

Offered

Every Fall semester