Collaborative Theater

Collaborative Theater basically deals with a group of individuals (often an interest group)who come together to form an individual work. It is sometimes used to express flaws with society and with government. In some collaborative theater groups there is no director or writers, but rather, the entire cast of actors shares the responsibility of carrying out all the duties necessary to put a production together.


An interesting part of our collaborative theater project is when we talked about the Tectonic Theater Group and their production called "The Laramie Project". I thought this was a great example of a very original piece of collaborative theater. Four hundred hours of interviews is the basis for the script that the actors and producers of The Laramie Project derived. Here is a preview for the HBO movie based on The Laramie Project (I thought this was pretty cool):
The original group that conducted the 400 interviews recently returned to Laramie in 2008 to compile additional research. Check it out:

We also explored the Pig Iron Theater Company. Sweet By-and-By Is a production they did in collaboration with a Swedish theater company named Teater Slava. It is pretty cool, but also kinda trippy.

We talked about a couple other groups, but those are the ones I found interesting.



Works Cited

"The Laramie Project Summary & Study Guide - Moisés Kaufman - eNotes.com." ENotes - Literature Study Guides, Lesson Plans, and More. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. .

Pig Iron | Theatre Company. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. .

Tectonic Theater Project. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. .

"YouTube - laramie project original." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. .

"YouTube - Pig Iron Theatre Company Teater Sláva, "Sweet By-and-By"" YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. .

"YouTube - The Laramie Project - Preview." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. .