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Don't Poke The Bear - A Project Report, Nicole Kontolefa, Grace Cannon
Don't Poke The Bear - A Project Report, Nicole Kontolefa, Grace Cannon
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal
In 2018, four applied theatre practioners created a forum theatre play and workshop for a small Wyoming community. They wanted to engage participants in a dialogue about inclusion, racism and homophobia, in particular how it manifests in a state known as the "Equality State."
Forum theatre focuses on a protagonist experiencing oppression and how they may break their own bonds. In this report, two of the facilitators and creators reflect on how using forum theatre to follow the actions (or inaction) of a potential ally in a play about the exclusion of a gay woman of color was useful in …