I have never been a part of community theater. Have you?
Yes, we put on theatrical performances for my local community.
That sounds nice! How long has community theater been in existence?
I'm not sure, but the one in our community was made by the people in it with no outside help.
That is awesome. Do you guys put on plays? 
Yes, we put on plays about human rights and gender equality. We like to promote ideas that need to be talked about more.
That is remarkable! Good for you!
members. It is used as a tool for social development, promoting ideas like gender equality, human rights, environment and democracy. Most of the community theatre practices have been developed based on the philosophy of education theorist Paulo Freire's approach of critical pedagogy in theatre and implementation techniques built by Augusto Boal, known as Theatre of the Oppressed. Freire's approach attempted to stimulate social change by encouraging the audience to build capacities for critical thinking through participation in active dialogue. The participants would identify issues of concerns and discuss possible solutions
else with AIDS, no matter how I got it.' And he would never have lived as long as he did without the gay community. The people we knew in New York made sure we knew about the latest treatments way before we would have known in Indiana. I hear mothers today say they're not gonna work with no gay community on anything. Well, if it comes to your son's life, you better start changing your heart and your attitude around.
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