Document Type
Special section: TO & PO During the Pandemic
Abstract
This article presents findings from a virtual Newspaper Theatre workshop that took place via Zoom on May 5, 2020 through Seattle Rep. Nelson reflects on the way that the constraints of the Zoom format can add meaning to Theatre of the Oppressed performance techniques in the era of quarantine and social distancing due to COVID-19. The article describes elements of the one-minute performances created during the one-and-a-half-hour workshop, and how the virtual sphere interacted with them and even enhanced them in meaningful ways. Nelson also describes “production” elements unique to Zoom, and the nature of the virtual “spect-actor.”
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Recommended Citation
Nelson, Nabra
(2020)
"Virtual Newspaper Theatre: Zoom as a Theatrical Playing Space,"
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal: Vol. 5, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ptoj/vol5/iss1/16
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