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Masters Thesis
CTO/ATA/LA: the curtain is drawn on a "rehearsal for revolution"
The thesis is a culminating experience for a Master of Arts in Theatre Arts. It archives the work of the Center for the Theatre of the Oppressed/Applied Theatre Arts/Los Angeles, in existence from 2001-2005. The author records the aspirations, challenges, and ultimate outcome of a group of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) practitioners in the Los Angeles area who worked to offer theatre techniques, as created by world-renowned theatre practitioner Augusto Boal, aimed to combat social injustices. The thesis briefly explores the influence Boal's cadre of techniques had on CTO/ATA/LA. Boal originally created TO to help oppressed citizens in Brazil demand a better quality of life than their circumstances and class allowed. CTO/ATA/LA strove to apply the same concepts to populations in Los Angeles with varied successes and failures. This study illuminates the journey of this organization.
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