AMST 325 - Labor and Class and the Theater

Cross-Listed as THDA 325

Join the conversations around class and the development of the labor movement in the US from the late 1800s to the present day through the lens of the theater and the people who worked in it. We will ask how the economic and political landscape shaped their working conditions, and how the arts themselves then shaped that same landscape. We will engage with this great conversation through 8-9 plays on power, labor and class struggle and analyze them in their context both as pieces of theatrical entertainment and political statements. Students will write two papers, one each half of the semester, analyzing some aspect of theatre and labor. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)