Workshops

Sunday, May 20
10:00 am
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Popular Education
Education for Liberation
A One Day Workshop
Carmelina Cartei, Shoshana Brown, Julie Novas, Kate Cavanagh, Esperanza Martell, Ruben Mina, Onaje Muid, Sally Hyppolite, Javier Salamanca & others

This is an introductory hands-on workshop in the use of popular education concepts and techniques based on the complementary approaches to Education for Liberation developed by two Brazilian Marxist...

Saturday, May 26
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
THREE-DAY WORKSHOP
Co-sponsor: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Invisible Theater
Kayhan Irani & Marie-Claire Picher

Invisible Theater is one of the techniques of the Theater of the Oppressed, in which "actors" create "theatrical" situations in public places, but where the public does not realize that a...

Saturday, June 16
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
1-DAY WORKSHOP
Co-sponsor: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Cutting It Up
Julia Lee Barclay

In this beginning workshop, we will break down both the basic elements of how we communicate with each other and the (mostly unspoken/hidden) rules which govern that communication. Working with verbal and...

Thursday, June 28
12:00 pm
4-DAY WORKSHOP BEGINS
Co-sponsor: the Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Forum Theater in Movement Building & Creating Community
Julian Boal & Marie-Claire Picher

This extended workshop focuses on exercises, games, and improvised scene work of Forum Theater, one of the forms in the Theater of the Oppressed repertory developed by Brazilian director, popular educator...

OUR SPECIAL THANKS! The Brecht Forum owes its existence to a broad network of support. Our modest fees cover only a fraction of our costs and we rely on the progressive community for our financial survival. Hundreds of valued subscribers and donors provide steady contributions to all of our activities. Our programs are funded in part by Manhattan Neighborhood Network, The Bardon Cole Foundation, The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

  

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