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Theater for Social Justice, Minor
Location
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New York City
Associated College
Empowering Change Through Performance
The minor in Theater for Social Justice offers an interdisciplinary course of study that centers on decolonizing and anti-racist pedagogy in the fields of commercial and devised theater and performance studies. Through this coursework, students will gain an understanding of theater’s role in social and political movements, utilize contemporary methodologies in social theory to analyze literature and theatrical performances and develop historical knowledge and context for theater’s role as a driver of social change.
Drive Social Change on Stage
- Interdisciplinary Approach: Learn with decolonizing and anti-racist pedagogy across commercial and devised theater, as well as performance studies.
- Social and Political Impact: Understand and analyze theater’s role in social and political movements using contemporary social theory methodologies.
- Historical Context: Develop a deep historical knowledge of theater as a driver of social change
Take Courses Like...
With a minor in Theater for Social Justice, you will experience coursework associated with various social movements in order to learn more about the theater’s participation in social change. Examples include analyzing dramatic literature and social theory to explore how these forces influence each other and society.
Careers
You will leave the program with an understanding of the theater’s role in social and political movements.
What You Need to Know
Audition guidelines on Sands College of Performing Arts site.
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