THEA 204 Comedy and Social Change

In this course, we introduce students to the ways comedy can influence and transform society. We will study scripted as well as unscripted forms of performance, including stand-up, physical comedy, sketch, Teatro Campesino style actos, and faux news shows. Students develop an understanding of the role comedy plays in socio-political critique through research of issues about which they are passionate and in the subsequent creation of solo and group work illuminating those issues for their peers in a final cabaret performance. Not open to frosh.