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Theater of the Oppressed

Katy Rubin
Emily Newman Presides

We will open the talk with two monologues from The Housing Circus, a play we created with the Concrete Justice troupe—made up of actors with experience of homelessness—during our residency at NYSEC. Then I will speak, alongside the actors, about the importance of initiating social change from the direct experience of, and in the voices of, those confronting the oppressions. We will speak to our ethical understanding of Theatre of the Oppressed, which is to approach social change from a position of solidarity and collective risk-taking.

Katy Rubin, Executive Director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, is a joker, actor and circus artist. She has facilitated and directed Forum and Legislative Theater workshops and performances in partnership with various communities including homeless adults and youth; LGBT homeless teens; people living with HIV/AIDS; recent immigrants; and court-involved youth and adults. Katy trained with Augusto Boal at the Center for Theatre of the Oppressed—Rio de Janeiro, and later with Jana Sanskriti in India, Mind the Gap in Yorkshire and Cardboard Citizens in London. She has trained facilitators in Nicaragua, the Netherlands, Norway and New Orleans as well as NYC.

Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead  (212-874-5210 x107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time.











When: Sun., Jun. 21, 2015 at 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 W. 64th St.
212-874-5210
Price: Free
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Katy Rubin
Emily Newman Presides

We will open the talk with two monologues from The Housing Circus, a play we created with the Concrete Justice troupe—made up of actors with experience of homelessness—during our residency at NYSEC. Then I will speak, alongside the actors, about the importance of initiating social change from the direct experience of, and in the voices of, those confronting the oppressions. We will speak to our ethical understanding of Theatre of the Oppressed, which is to approach social change from a position of solidarity and collective risk-taking.

Katy Rubin, Executive Director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, is a joker, actor and circus artist. She has facilitated and directed Forum and Legislative Theater workshops and performances in partnership with various communities including homeless adults and youth; LGBT homeless teens; people living with HIV/AIDS; recent immigrants; and court-involved youth and adults. Katy trained with Augusto Boal at the Center for Theatre of the Oppressed—Rio de Janeiro, and later with Jana Sanskriti in India, Mind the Gap in Yorkshire and Cardboard Citizens in London. She has trained facilitators in Nicaragua, the Netherlands, Norway and New Orleans as well as NYC.

Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead  (212-874-5210 x107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time.

Buy tickets/get more info now