The chapter I read in conjunction with the 12 Guiding Principals of Theater of Witness was These Hands, which explored the experience the author had doing a show about growing up and existing as a female. Through the reading of this chapter, it became abundantly clear how listening with an open heart and seeing the world through others eyes was an integral part of this particular production process. Without having the openness of being able to see a story from other's point of view, these stories would have lost their meaning. Being able to find the medicine in things as dark as sexual abuse and turning it into a women's manifesto was very powerful to read. These stories would most likely never have come to light if it weren't through the director's ability to expose her own shortcomings and vulnerabilities with the cast in order to allow them all to bond through shared life experiences and even empathize with those not shared in order to make a remarkable performance and a transformative experience for those involved.
Art and Social Change Invisible Theatre Invisible Theatre is the art of creating a performance in spaces that are not stages. The people who witness it cannot be aware it is a performance or else they would become spectators. The way this can be done is creating a solid and locked script that the actors stick to but also know it so well it allows flexibility and the ability for them to mess with it when the people witnessing the act give input or there is any disruption. The actors will prepare for anything when it comes to their performance. It is imperative to choose a location where people gather in large groups in the public. An example of how this is done is by having actors play in a scene in a crowded restaurant with many patrons. You have one actor make a big fuss over a meal they hate and the waiter offers them the nicest meal, acknowledging the price which the actor eating the meal lets it be known that the price is o...
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