RAT Politics and Theatre

["Mare Trevathan Philpott" <eram@sprynet.com>]

Okay wonderRATpowers activate!

I'm at Anne Bogart's SITI workshop in Saratoga Springs, NY.  As part of her
"Composition" class, I'm directing and composing with 4 actors a piece on
the Group Theatre.  The question we are looking at addressing is:

"Where do theatre and political activism intersect?"

There is some disagreement within OUR group about whether or not this is an
intriguing question as "all theatre is political."

What do you think?  Is it redundant?  A dead horse?

My position is that there is a distinction between politics and political
activism.  But I'm having trouble honing in on the articulation of that
distinction.

Thanks!
mare
Mare Philpott




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