Anti-Racist & Equitable Practices in Theater

6 units · Undergraduate

Fall: 6 units This course will be a series of workshops, projects and dialogues exploring the topics of race and theatre with a primary focus on the US. Students will cover topics such as race and racism, theatre pedagogies of the global majority, creating welcoming theatre spaces, scene selections, tropes, and strategies for cultural competency as well as a survey of artists and theatres of the global majority. Practical skills around creating mission and values, cultural aesthetics, decentering whiteness, and advocacy will be covered. Students will practice research and critical analysis of various theatre systems as well as creative problem solving.