Change In Theatre

I would have to agree with W.E.B. Dubois who stated that theatre should have the goal of social change and that it is a place for social protest. First, I would like to define the words social change and why they are important to us. Social change is notable adjustment over time. For example, presenting a certain story about a specific thing aloud to an audience could have an influence on their views. These stories have the ability to encourage the ones sitting in the audience. Theatre has the ability to provide us with a challenge, provide us with different emotions whether it’s sad, mad, or happy, and can educate us.
Theatre should have the goal of social change so that it can involve the audience; not only emotionally but intentionally as …show more content…
“theatre, understood to include both dramatic literature and dramatic performance, has long been used as a means of expressing and communicating protests against injustice, exploitation and oppression by those in power, as well as for creating new perceptions of social reality” (Sundar). This statement means that since the early days of theatre, people have always tried to use protesting as an art in order to object against the lack of equality or unfairness between people. As of now and in today’s society, theatre should play a role in being influential, self-expression, social change, and creativity. In the next few sentences, I am going to summarize how each of these components could help to serve the purpose of theatre. First, with self-expression, theatre teaches us how to express ourselves effectively as well as how to communicate with others. Social change gives us the ability to attempt to solve social problems that we may face. And with creativity, theatre in general is a creative thing so it only builds up our level of …show more content…
I say this because theatre is a place for people to express their “art”. It isn’t strictly based on a specific thing, but can be about anything someone portrays as a piece of art to them. If I could change the course of the theatre in America, I highly doubt that I would try to change anything. The concept of being able to use theatre as a way to protest, especially, is a great thing. Therefore, theatre is where several of people can go to ease their mind. It is what they can run to if they need to express emotions or get things across to a volume of