COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE PROCESS
The Street Theatre Brigade is an ensemble comprised of UNM undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, high school students and community members. We develop our work through brainstorm and dialogue, and enjoy a diversity of aesthetic approaches. Our meetings are weekly, and open to anyone. Please contact us if you would like to get involved.
RADICAL STREET THEATRE
We endeavor to contribute our pieces of performance art to the historical tradition of radical street theatre, maintaining social and cultural relevance and meaning within the work.
To this end, we are...
-active members of the UrbanPrankster Global Network
www.urbanprankster.com
-street theatre contingent for the Revolutions International Theatre Festival
www.tricklock.com
-artistic contributors to the South Valley Dia de los Muertos Marigold Parade
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We believe in providing young people in the community with access to diverse forms of theatrical experience.
To this end, we are...
-currently teaching theatre through the ActorInside program at the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center
www.artistinside.org
-scheduled to conduct workshops in the Albuquerque Public Schools through the Artes Los Martes program at the National Hispanic Cultural Center
www.nhccnm.org
...through the UNM Hospital Arts in Medicine program
artsinmedicine.unm.edu
...and at Cuidando los Ninos childcare facility for children experiecing homelessness
www.cuidandolosninos.org
The Street Theatre Brigade is made possible by the P.L.A.C.E. (Partnership for Learning through Arts and Community Engagement) program in the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico.
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