EXPERIMENTAL-POLITICAL THEATRE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA

Abstract

This work explores the contributions of the pioneers of Experimental and Political Theatre in Europe and other parts of the world. It highlights the contributions of Richard Schechner, Jerzy Grotowski Bertolt Brecht, Augusto Boal, Mary Overlie, and the likes of Robert Wilson, Lee Breuer, Judith Malina, and Julian Beck (The Living Theatre), the Wooster Group, French director Ariane Mnouchkine, Peter Brook Heiner Müller, Einar Schleef. The impacts of these forerunners in the experimental-political theatre on the works of Eva Brenner and her Project Theatre Studio are articulated to stimulate further discussion on the practicality and functionality of Experimental-political theatre on the modern stage.