Can Theater Change Your Mind?
Most people don’t think of media as propaganda, yet confirmation bias is rife. What can be done? Rocky Rodriguez Jr. explores a different possibility for change: the theater.
“It’s Communication, Isn’t It?” Using Theater to Bring People Together
On issues like Brexit there’s never one single answer, one right or wrong view. Toby Ealden believes that dramatizing beliefs can help young people sort out their own views…and maybe old people can, too.
Trans Youth Use Theater to Raise Awareness and Change Policy
In Port Townsend, the stage has become a venue to educate political leaders on transgender issues. Sammi-Jo Lee writes.
All About Abigail, a Preview of Kaitlin McCarthy’s Eight Abigails
Those going to McCarthy’s Eight Abigails this weekend at Velocity Dance Center can expect to feel a sudden awareness of unexpected surroundings, for this reason José Amador fills us in on the artist and how to prepare ourselves for the show.
Paige Barnes on the Beat: #ShanghaiPulse
Omar Willey gives a preview of Paige Barnes’ latest dance+film work at the Northwest Film Forum.
Lifting the Veil: The Cabiri’s Beyond the Veil: Ghost Game XI
Omar Willey previews The Cabiri’s latest Halloween show.
The Drama of the Thinking Heart
Theater relies upon the witnessing abilities of others to set free the imaginative forces of resistance. Karen Malpede writes.
Three Decades After Dictatorship, Theater Aids the Search for Identity and Truth in Argentina
Romina Navarro explores identity in Latin American theater.
Preview: Schlong Song — A Talk with Woody Shticks and His Other Half
Omar Willey sits down with Woody Shticks to discuss his solo show at 18th & Union.
Transit of Metis
Omar Willey goes to the theater to watch a story about Greek mythology that isn’t a play. Thoughts on Natascha Greenwalt’s evening of dance.
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