Theater of the Oppressed Symposium

Through a multi-college collaboration, The University of Texas at Austin will host leaders from the Center for Theater of the Oppressed (CTO) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Join us at the Symposium where the artists, who also work with Black aesthetics, will facilitate workshops, perform original theater pieces and introduce the new methodology Teatre de las Oprimidas, systematized by Bárbara Santos. 

Events are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged in advance. 

RESERVE YOUR SEAT

October 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremony: Gêneres (Genders) (ART 1.102)
October 22, 2:00-5:00 p.m. | Workshop: Intro to Theater of the Oppressed Games (Godon-White Building)
October 23, 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Book Launch: Teatro de las Oprimidas (UT Fine Arts Library)
October 25, 2:00-5:00 p.m. | LGBTQIAP+ Workshop, Performance and Discussion (F. Loren Winship Drama Building)
October 27, 2:00-3:30 p.m. | Racial Justice and Theater of the Oppressed (George Washington Carver Museum)
October 28, 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Closing Performance: Suspeito (Suspect) (George Washington Carver Museum)

The Theater of the Oppressed Symposium is supported by Texas Global, the Department of Theatre and Dance, Llilas Brazil Center and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.