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Acting Out: Theatre of The Oppressed Workshop Report Back

On Wed, April 22nd, Greensboro activist and all around awesome lady, Alyzza May, joined QueerLab to lead a two hour workshop in Elsewhere’s Collaboratory. During this time a dozen or so participants were treated to two hours of guided theatrical experiences and community building exercises.

By practicing techniques developed by Brazilian director, artist, and activist Augusto Boal, we were able to explore systems of power, privilege, and oppression in a safe space. We also shared a lot of laughter and learned to work together by playing games that called upon our community organizing skills.

If this sort of play and community engagement is right down your alley, you may be interested in an upcoming training session (June 1- 6) here in Greensboro that will train leaders in the practice of Theatre of the Oppressed techniques.