What is community-based theatre?

What will be an ideal response?

Community-based theatre is a kind of community theatre that draws on the concerns and experiences of marginalized groups, such as prisoners, youth at risk, or minorities, to create theatre that promotes social change. It empowers local groups by giving them a voice through theatre. Community-based theatre takes place throughout the world and can take a variety of forms, including agitprop, comedy, musical, and melodrama, and may use masks, puppets, dance, and music.

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A. quarter notes. B. eighth notes. C. sixteenth notes. D. thirty second notes.

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As theatre becomes increasingly more global in scale, what benefits exist in the breaking down of national barriers in the production of theatre? What might be the negatives of such an interchange between the theatre styles of different nations?

What will be an ideal response?

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