On behalf of the Center for Theatre of the Oppressed and Applied Theatre Arts, Los Angeles, I am happy to introduce you to our organization’s web page. Here you will learn more about our members, the organization’s projects and programs, as well as various contacts and alliances in the region and across the globe.

CTO/ATA/LA has been in existence for over three years now, and as you take a tour through our mission statement and learn more about Theatre of the Oppressed we hope you will be inspired to come and join our organization. This electronic outlet is a quick way for you to find out who we are and what programs and services we offer to members and guests alike. For example, we have free workshops offering training in the techniques of TO and related applications of theatre arts on a monthly basis. We focus on various applications of this liberatory theatre work in the fields of education, therapy, politics, for youth, on academics and, of course, performance. We are interested in critical dialogues and experimental workshops surrounding the techniques and art form of the joker, and we have many events sponsored, co-sponsored, or supported by our members that you will find in our calendar.

Our hope is that you will be engaged enough by what you discover here to partner with us. Perhaps you would like to come to one of our meetings, submit your own ideas, offer your own workshops or tell friends about the theory and practice of liberation arts and community engagement through this type of work. Perhaps we can help spread the word through our e-mail list about your events. No matter your level of engagement, we trust you will let us know how we may better be of service to your community and how, together, we may use our collective skills as theatre artists to promote a pedagogy of liberation in a time when it is perhaps most needed.

Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Brent Blair
Founder
bblair@ctoatala.org