One Act of Theatre, Five Points of Freedom's Star
"Theatre is Democracy" is not trite, it is the TRUTH. The People must ACT NOW.
The American Theatre isn't about the building; the cornerstone of democracy is chiseled from the strength of our patriotic character. The squander of Humanity happens when there is denial of Truth. Theatre is the first and last defense of a life's integrity, "Please, Help Me. Stop, don't shoot."
One act of Theatre proves that the 5 Freedoms of the First Amendment are protected, ensuring that reality informs the People's sense of Truth: Belief, Expression, Press, Assembly, and Advocacy.
Hard is hard is hard. What's easy for you may be hard for me. That makes us different, but we all share the knowledge of what it feels like when something is hard, or painful to do. Help makes hard doable. Hope makes hard possible. Love makes hard worth it, its solutions are renewable Energy; giving and receiving with intention, maintaining integrity together, balance.
Theatre Artists conjure the strength of a character's integrity by focusing their intention to resist and rebalance power. We learned to do so in an unbroken chain of cultural evolution, and collaborative practice from patriotic Masters to whom we owe our embodied knowledge, cultural memory, and acts of courage.
Democracy is essential for every person to discern fact from fantasy, establish protections, forge partnerships, and solve problems. The current President has illegally CLOSED the People's public square dedicated to acts of Theatre and dignity, patriotic dissent, free expression, and intellectual freedom.
It only takes three things to commit an act of theatre: an actor, a witness, and a shared space.
Theatre is the embodiment of the First Amendment; speaking Truth to power, assembled peacefully in a public space. You can assert a belief in diversity, provide education, defeat censorship and commit your own act of theatre, just grab a favorite banned book and start reading out loud!
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