Submission Date
7-21-2017
Document Type
Paper
Department
Theater
Faculty Mentor
Meghan Brodie
Project Description
Theater is not only an art form, but also a method of communication and community-building. My research investigates how theater can be used to create social change. I study approaches to using theater as a vehicle for social change and a tool to communicate diverse perspectives and cultivate empathy. My work focuses on a history of theater for social change, examples of theater for social change including plays and performance pieces, and ways of both creating and teaching theater for social change. My project culminates in an annotated bibliography, a research paper, an original theater for social change monologue, and a syllabus for a college-level theatre for social change course.
Recommended Citation
Hageman, Samantha J., "Theatre for Social Change: Histories & Applications" (2017). Theater Summer Fellows. 4.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/theater_sum/4
Annotated Bibliography
SF FINAL Syllabus.pdf (260 kB)
Syllabus Proposal
FINAL Monologue.pdf (76 kB)
Monologue
Open Access
Available to all.
Included in
Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons, Theatre History Commons
Comments
Presented during the 19th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 21, 2017 at Ursinus College.