Links 

• Political Theatre Groups & Troupes
• Source Material on Radical Artists
• Topics in Political Theatre
• Political Theatre Campaigns, Coalitions, Competitions, Awards, & Festivals

Topics in Political Theatre

• Ariel Dorfman interviewed
  A 1998 interview for The Progressive on Chile's military coup and art
• Background Study of Political Theatre
  Links to some classic political philosophy -- Marx, Foucault, Machiavelli, etc.
• Baraka Essay on Revolutionary Theatre
  1960s Black extremist poet/playwright's manifesto on the role of "Revolutionary Theatre"
• For a Political Theatre
  Article on the lack of issue-oriented plays at Toronto's Fringe Festival & Canadian Theatre in general
• Mobilizing Protest Theatre -- NY Times Article
  Feb., 2003 article on artists involved in the anti-Gulf War movement
• PerformInk Online - Political Theatre
  Very in depth article on history and present-day applications of radical theatre 
• Michael Bettencourt - Political Theatre
  A Boston-based playwright's essay on modern 
  currents in American political theatre
• Postmodern Political Theatre (Castillo Theatre)
  An article by the Castillo Theatre's Dramaturg Dan Friedman on "The Avant-Garde and Social Change"
• Salon Interview -- Tony Kushner
  A 1995 interview where this Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright speaks on "coming out as a socialist"
• "The Theatre and its Double" by Antonin Artaud 
  Artaud's founding manifesto on "Theatre of Cruelty"
• Theatre in South Africa
  A good overview of the use of protest theatre in
  the fight against Apartied in South Africa
• Theatre of Dissent
  One playwright advocates a "Theatre of Encouragement"
• Tony Kushner Interview
  An inspiring 1995 interview with Mother Jones Magazine on art, politics and American audiences 
• Political Theatre and Propaganda
  A discussion of UK political theatre, particularly Dic Edwards, Pip Utton, and Jean Anouilh
• Women's Theatre Groups
  A short catalogue of "Notable Feminist Theatres" past and present

We are eager to make this catalogue as all-inclusive as possible.  If you know of any websites that ought to be included here, please contact us and let us know.