Theatre of the Oppressed: Foundations and Techniques

Theatre of the Oppressed: Foundations and Techniques is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Natalie Sowell.

This course satisfies Division I requirements.

Course Description
his course is intended to introduce some of the strategies and techniques of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed. Students in this course will engage in a compressed study of the philosophies and theories upon which TO is based including Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Bertolt Brecht's epic theatre. We will explore in detail the foundational games and exercises utilized in TO in order to prepare for engagement in the structures of image theatre, invisible theatre, and forum theatre.

Learning Goals

 * Multi-Cultural
 * Expressive
 * Project-based
 * Presenting