Why We Theater

Social justice meets theatre in this podcast from Playbills former Executive Editor Ruthie Fierberg.

Author: Broadway Podcast Network

Social justice meets theatre in this podcast from Playbills former Executive Editor Ruthie Fierberg. Artists and experts unite for curated panels, using plays and musicals (Broadway, Off-Broadway, and works in development) as a jumping-off point to confront societal issues such as racism, colorism, voting rights, fake news, digital technology addiction, the school-to-prison pipeline, anti-Semitism, raising LGBTQIA kids, and more. We help listeners grapple with hard questions inside a play or musical in order to create change in our offstage lives. And dont worry if you havent seen an individual episodes show or if youre not a theatre buff. Award-winning writers and directors of pieces like SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY and THE PROM break down the message inside their stories and how they created that story. Then, real-world experts in the corresponding field (like NSA Jake Sullivan or THIS AMERICAN LIFEs Ira Glass) offer advice and action steps (thought patterns to monitor, petitions to sign, organizations to support, etc.) so we can manifest progress. Theater is not only a place or a presentation, it is an action. To theater is to engage with art presented onstage. Why we theater? Were about to find out.
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Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

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