The Theater of the Oppressed is an effort to further the Brechtian project of an activist theater without trafficking in alienation. Born in Brazil in 1971, TotO is now practiced in more than seventy countries. Triple Canopy will present an open rehearsal (2–5 p.m.) and performance (6–8 p.m.) by Red Hook–based Falconworks Artists Group, an organization for social change working in collaboration with Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory in Manhattan.
Participants
  • Falconworks Artists Group is a Red Hook-based organization for social change working in collaboration with Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory in Manhattan. Falconworks is led by artistic director Reg Flowers, a graduate of Yale’s theater program and 2006 recipient of the BAX10 Award for arts education.