Ithaca College

Associate Professor Cynthia Henderson and Performing Arts for Social Change (PASC) are hosting a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop for the Ithaca College community. This workshop is free of charge.

Art as a Tool to Transform Societal Realities is a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop based on the teachings of Augusto Boal (participants need no theatre experience). The purpose of this beginners’ level workshop is to give the Ithaca College community the opportunity to live an artistic experience based on the Theater of the Oppressed method. The idea is to show how art can be used as a tool to transform reality and hopefully contribute to develop citizenship values as well as the ability to understand society critically.

When:            Monday September 5

Time:              9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Location:       Dillingham Center - Studio 3

This event is FREE and open to the public. Meals will be provided.

The facilitator Wagner Montenegro is an actor and art educator. He majored in Social Sciences at Federal University of Pernambuco (class of 2013), with research studies in Anthropology at New University of Lisbon, Portugal (2012). He has worked with Theater of the Oppressed (TO) since 2003. During this period, he took part in workshops by the Center of Theater of the Oppressed (CTO-Rio), including one to become a TO Joker with Augusto Boal. Wagner is also currently working on script-writing and documentaries projects, including Pai não é visita, by Instituto PAPAI, and Boa Vista, by Hazzô.

This workshop is sponsored by the Office of Diversity & Inclusion in HR and the Diversity Awareness Committee.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Cynthia Henderson at chenderson@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-1243. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.