Posted on 10/18/2017 10:37:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
If all the world’s a stage, Creighton University students in this semester’s Theatre for Social Justice course are learning ways art can help them leave that stage a little brighter, cleaner, better.
Amy Lane, PhD, assistant professor and coordinator of Creighton’s theatre and dance programs, is teaching the Theatre for Social Justice class focused on climate change. It culminates in a performance of plays penned by internationally renowned playwrights and the students themselves.
From sustainability in agriculture to ministering to climate refugees, the planned performances aim to touch on several different aspects of the crisis.
Lane said students in the course are working on five-minute plays focused on pollution, the protection of animals and climate change denial.
“It’s a truly international event,” said Lane, who also taught the course in the spring with a focus amid ongoing debates over immigration.
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“Would you really want to trust something as complicated as a self-timed fryer or a cash register that hands out the change for you with someone that stupid?”
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You certainly have a good point.
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