Pursue’s City Team Presents:
Forum Theatre Workshop with Theatre of the Oppressed NYC
Facilitated by Katy Rubin and Concrete Justice
Be an actor in your own life & rehearse for reality.
Join the Pursue community for a unique opportunity to tackle issues of social justice in a fun and participatory workshop investigation of our human rights. Walk away with tools to fight injustice in your personal, volunteer, and social justice work. No theatre experience necessary.
When: Sunday, February 5, 11am-4pm
Where: Saint Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights (map)
Trains: 2,3,4,5 train to Borough Hall, R train to Court Street, A, C, F to Jay Street
Cost: Free, plus complimentary lunch and snacks!
RSVP: Register below (space is limited)
For more information, contact: nycityteam@pursueaction.org
See below for more info about Katy Rubin & Concrete Justice and check out the Pursue blog and the Daily Brink for recent coverage of their unique work and experience.
Developed by Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal, the Theatre of the Oppressed is an interactive, physical and playful tool used to investigate situations in which we are denied our basic rights, personally and collectively. Theatre of the Oppressed NYC works with local communities to establish “popular theatre troupes” throughout the five boroughs. Community actors, directors, playwrights, designers and producers create original, interactive plays inspired by real-life struggles for human rights. The popular troupes tour throughout varied communities to engage in theatrical brainstorming or “forum theatre.” These interactive forums demand solidarity amongst diverse New Yorkers and creatively challenge systems of oppression.
Concrete Justice is a collective of homeless and formerly homeless actors and artists in New York City. They utilize the methodology of Theatre of the Oppressed for communal problem-solving around the issues of homelessness, joblessness, and related discrimination.
Katy Rubin, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, is a facilitator, director, actor and circus artist. She has led Forum Theatre workshops and created performances with various communities including NYC public school students and teachers; homeless adults and youth; LGBT homeless teens; people living with HIV/AIDS; recent immigrants; women’s leadership institutes; and refugees. She has trained in Rio de Janeiro and Kolkata, India, collaborated with Combatants for Peace in Israel and Palestine, and directed forum plays in Leon, Nicaragua.
