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Corner Stone Questions



Methodology

Why is it important to involve communities when telling a story of an urban community? Why not only let them watch it?

Organization

How is the perceived effect of theatre different when you involve the community in the creation of a play?

Specific Projects

With Lunch Lady Courage, what were they trying to achieve with the plays message? pointing out facts such as the government spending more money on prison inmates then they do cafeteria budgets... by involving the community in the production of the play were they trying to get people to riot and protest to change the governments ways?
Where do they think the responsibilities of a play in context of how the audience is effected by it lie, and is there a limit to what plays should speak on.

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