Organizers Launch Kickstarter to Fund Theater of the Oppressed Trainings in the Southeast

Southeastern organizers recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $8,000 for three Theater of the Oppressed trainings in Atlanta, GA, Greensboro, NC, and Asheville, NC. The campaign will continue until December 28, 2014 and can be found at bit.ly/SoutheastTO.

Theater of the Oppressed is a method of performance centered around participation with the intention of dialogue, healing, and social transformation. It is “revolutionary living theatre: a rehearsal for life, a tool for collecting the wisdom of communities on specific issues, an exploration of self, and a way to process traumas and instances of oppression,” say organizers Roseanna Almaee, Ekua Adisa, Abi Koning, Alyzza May, Kate Morales, and Bex Orton.The trainings will feature internationally respected Theater of the Oppressed practitioner Marc Weinblatt of the Mandala Center for Change.

Each participant will “come away with a solid and replicable understanding of Theater of the Oppressed techniques,” organizers say. The Kickstarter campaign aims to raise the necessary funds to keep trainings financially accessible to all. Organizers and those who will attend these trainings are members of multiple communities in the southeast, so that “every person trained means another community served.”

Trainings will be held in May and June of 2015. Visit the Kickstarter at bit.ly/SoutheastTO for more information or to donate.