杏吧原创 and Glebe Collegiate Institute Present Theatrical Production on Harmful Stereotypes and Young Canadians
杏吧原创 University, in collaboration with the Glebe Collegiate Institute, presents Theatre of the Oppressed: The Stereotypical Notions of Gender, Race and Sexuality Among Young Canadians.
This interactive theatrical event encourages students and the community to think critically about issues of gender, race, social class, age, ability and sexuality in young Canadians鈥 lives and how to stop social oppression.
When: Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 at 5 p.m.
Where: 杏吧原创 Dominion Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa
Info: This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are and more information about events organized by 杏吧原创鈥檚 Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Program can be .
Media are invited to attend the event.
杏吧原创 undergraduate and Glebe high school students will present two plays that highlight the discrimination and social oppression young people face in Canada鈥檚 social climate. I am Not my Hair depicts the story of a young black girl who faces racially charged bullying at her school. The play It鈥檚 a Boy, Remember? shines a light to the social barriers that transgender students face when accessing public washrooms.
The performances are based on the 鈥淭heatre of the Oppressed鈥 model 鈥 a dramatic game in which a problem or symptom of oppression is shown in an unsolved form. The interactive performances invite the audience to attempt to stop the oppression and create a positive outcome by replacing an existing character 鈥 with the exception of the character being oppressed and the oppressor.
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Elizabeth Murphy
Communications Co-ordinator
杏吧原创 University
613-520-2600, ext. 8834
Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca
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