[act-ma] Theater of the Oppressed Workshop (4/18, 12-noon @e5)

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Theater of the Oppressed Workshops @ e5

We are building a regular theater group that meets every other Sunday at
encuentro 5. Our next meeting on the 18th will also involve developing
actions leading up to MayDay 2010, including invisible and street theater.
Join us at our next workshop!

Where: encuentro 5
   33 Harrison Avenue., 5th Floor
   Close to Downtown Crossing, Chinatown, and Boylston T stops
When:  Sunday 18th, 12-noon to 4:00pm

Background on Theater of the Oppressed and e5 Workshops:

Fear, isolation, alienation, privilege, racism, sexism, authoritarianism and
other forms of oppression plague our world, outside of as well as within our
social movements. However, often times, they are as much delivered in the
words we use when we attempt to dialogue about them, as in the dichotomy of
presenter vs audience that tries to carry forth the discussion.

Theater of the Oppressed, developed by Augusto Boal in Brazil, attempts to
dissolve the verbal barrier and the actor/spectator division by engaging
every community participant as a protagonist in identifying and dismantling
these power dynamics in society-at-large as well as inter-personally.

We will experiment using a number of games from the Theater of the Oppressed
canons, including Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Rainbow of Desire, as
well as from other interactive theater traditions.

A variety of games offer a direct way of feeling, hearing, and understanding
each other through body movement, sound, and image theater. Taken further,
skits explore possibilities of change by re-enacting oppressive situations
and rehearsing variations of overcoming them both individually and
collectively.

This interactive workshop will be facilitated by Alisa LaSotnik (as what the
T.O.T.O. tradition calls the "Joker,"). Alisa has taken a facilitators'
workshop with Augusto Boal in the Brecht Forum, NYC and has conducted
workshops in Ukraine, New Orleans, and other places. She will begin the
facilitation but the workshop will be free to flow un-facilitated, as we
explore these games together. Reference books will be available. Wear
loose-fitting and comfortable clothing!

Suggested Entry Donation: $5-$10 (No one turned away). Coffee, tea, and
light snacks will be available for suggested donations of $2-$3 (supporting
MESA sin fronteras develop into a worker-run cooperative).
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