Latino Theaters for Social Change

the dramatization of the final judgment.

While the dramas were promoting a novel sacred order, their first precedence was to maintain the new secular, political stability. Theatres under the colonizers are principally at the service of the government. After disease, manipulation, and murder transpired to the native inhabitants, the indigenous consciousness and distinctiveness in theatre vanished, though pieces did have original essentials to them. The theatre that developed in Latin America is contended to be theatre that the colonizers brought to the Americas, not the plays of the Americas.

Development in Latin American Theaters

Internal conflict and external obstruction have been the determination behind Latin American chronicle which likewise applies to theatre. Below are the periods of Latin theater development:

1959-1968: dramaturgical composition and organization of community projects leaned more in the direction of creating a more native Latin American foundation called the “Nuestra America”

1968-1974: Theatre tries to declare a more homogenous characterization which introduces more European versions. At this point, Latin American Theatre attempted to associate to its historical ancestry.

1974-1984: The pursuit for expression entrenched in the history of Latin America developed into victims of banishment and death.

1985 – Present: Theatre producing establishments such as the Latino Theater Company emerged and continues to perform plays and comedy showcases.

After years of analyzing the Latino experience in daring, contemporary conditions, Latino Theaters continues to acknowledge and embrace the most diverse cities in the world in order to

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