Post #10

        I think that keeping issues addressed through theatre relevant is what will primarily help to initiate change. One of the reasons people are often cynical about a performance they see is because they don’t understand it’s reasoning. If a piece of art seems completely random, an audience will not connect to it. There has to by a WHY in every performance so that individuals can understand why the director wanted to share the piece in the first place. Plays are constantly being written and produced, and I think continuing to put relevant themes within pieces of dramatic text is a way to make sure that it will continue to change people.

I don’t think it is a matter of theatre definitely being the answer or not, but a matter of using it as a vehicle for change no matter what tragic events may occur. There are many ways to invoke a change from working to alter legislation to gaining support from the people, but I think theatre will always be a way to appeal to the crowd of people that look for solace in the arts. I personally do not think it will ever be the answer on its own, but I don’t every think it will become something that is completely obscure because all individuals crave human connections with other individuals on a basic level. That is why theatre makes people listen, because it is direct person-to-person contact rather than a medium such as television that relegates these connections to technology.