Description Immersive Theater calls upon audience members to become participants, actors and "others." It traditionally offers binary roles--that of oppressor or that of victim--and thereby stands the risk of simplifying complex social situations.
About the author Nandita Dinesh teaches Theater arts, literature and performance, and oversees the juvenile justice programming at the United World College in New Mexico..
It presents Scripts and Strategies for Directors and Playwrights who want to create theatrical environments that are Immersive and pedagogical; aesthetically evocative and politically provocative; simple and complex.
Challenging such binaries, this book articulates theatrical "grey zones" when addressing juvenile detention, wartime interventions and immigration processes.
Description Immersive Theater calls upon audience members to become participants, actors and "others." It traditionally offers binary roles--that of oppressor or that of victim--and thereby stands the risk of simplifying complex social situations
