[mgj-discuss] Activist Theater training

[Sameer Dossani]

THEATER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TRAINING
February 22, 6:45-8:45 PM

SALSA at IPS, 1112 16TH St NW, Suite 600,  Washington DC, 20036

Activists often do theater that is heavy on content but short on 
appealing form. The result is a poster, mask and puppet display with 
lots of words, rather than theater. Capturing people's interest with 
some cool theater to convey socially relevant messages is an art that 
often works better than speeches in educating and building alliances. It 
need not be expensive or very time consuming. It does not require a huge 
performance space and with training and experience, activists can learn 
how to turn any space – a classroom, railway station, the street or a 
corridor – into an effective performance area. Come, learn from a highly 
skilled and experienced practitioner of educational theater how to put 
together basic activist plays with the help of time-tested techniques 
and fun exercises for voice, movement, presentation and script 
development. It will be an invigorating and memorable SALSA evening. 
Note: Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes that will give you the 
freedom of physical movement needed for the exercises.

Led by 	Shirin Shirin 
<http://www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?InstructorID=116>: Shirin Shirin from 
Justice in South Asia (JiSA). Shirin has over two decades of experience 
doing theater for public education on issues ranging from HIV-AIDS to 
globalization. She teaches theater at schools and universities and works 
with non-governmental groups that use theater for public outreach. She 
has developed her own training techniques and besides the US, has taught 
and performed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Australia. 
Shirin will be supported by Sameer and Basav from JiSA.

FOR REGISTARTION, visit http://www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?cid=1000590 
<http://www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?cid=1000590>
OR CALL SALSA at 202- 234-9382

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PROCEEDS ($30/PARTICIAPANT) WILL GO DIRECTLY TO 
SALSA. ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT ALTHOUGH 
INDIVIDUALS MAY BE GIVEN A DISCOUNT BASED ON THEIR SITUATION. THE 
TRAINER, SHIRIN SHIRIN, IS DOING THIS PRO-BONO. IF YOU CANNOT PAY THE 
FULL AMOUNT BUT WOULD STILL LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE WRITE TO HER AT 
SSHIRIN at GMAIL.COM <mailto:SSHIRIN at GMAIL.COM>