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Making Theatre Accessible For All—Because It Matters.

Applied 
Community
Theatre
Uniting People

What is Applied Theatre?

Applied Theatre is what happens when a group of people working in community use the techniques of drama and theatre to address issues of social concern. 

Applied Theatre focuses on questioning, discussing, and addressing the issue, as opposed to focusing on merely creating a public performance. 

Participants come together to use various techniques such as role-playing, improvisation, tableaux work, and other interactive methods in order to inspire dialogue, foster education, and enact change.

 

How We Do This

Using various forms of theatre, creative arts, and drama therapy, guests are provided an opportunity to take part in participatory theatre, regardless of experience. Through theatre, participants find answers to individual and community problems. More importantly, they are able to practice using the newfound solutions.

 
 
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Our Mission

Act Up Drama (AUD) aims to create theatre to be used for education, healing, social justice, advocacy, and joy—in ways that are trauma-responsive and accessible to all.

 
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Our Vision

To utilize theatre as a tool to end social injustice in historically marginalized communities.

 
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“The body goes best, where the mind has already been”. 

—Rosalyn Smith-Stover

 
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