Workshop: Cop-in-the-Head and Gender Oppression 11/21-22

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The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB)

--a member of The Institute for Popular Education at the Brecht Forum--

--founded in 1990--

451 West Street

New York, New York 10014

toplab@...

http://www.toplab.org

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" We must emphasize: What Brecht does not want is that the spectators

continue to leave their brains with their hats upon entering the

theater, as do bourgeois spectators. " --Augusto Boal

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The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB)

presents

Cop-in-the-Head: Looking at Gender Oppression

a two-day workshop

Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and

Sunday, November 22 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

facilitators to be announced

at The Brecht Forum

451 West Street*

New York, New York 10014

* travel directions below

This workshop will focus on gender oppression in all of its forms and

manifestations.

Cop-in-the-Head is a collection of Theater of the Oppressed techniques

that uses games and exercises to recognize and confront internalized forms

of oppression, and explore power relations and collective solutions to

concrete problems. This is a method and set of techniques that is

especially useful for teachers and educators who work with disadvantaged

populations, social workers, psychologists and mental health

professionals, and community activists and organizers who are involved

with marginalized constituencies and constituencies which have

traditionally been the victims of bias and discrimination.

This workshop is open to all.

Tuition--sliding scale: $95-$150

Note: While there is no formal registration process for this workshop

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. NO EXCEPTIONS! To pre-register, please call

(leave an email address), or write to toplab@..., or

pre-register online using the link below.

Pre-register online at

http://brechtforum.org/events/cop-head-1?bc=

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Other upcoming events

Saturday, December 19-20: Forum Theater

(more info at http://brechtforum.org/events/forum-theater-0?bc=)

January-June 2010 workshops and other events to be announced

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Travel Directions

The Brecht Forum and TOPLAB are at:

451 West Street *

(between Bank and Bethune Streets in the far West Village,

1-1/2 blocks north of West 11 Street)

New York City

* Note: West Street is the same as the West Side Highway

Subway

IND Eighth Avenue A, C, or E to 14 Street or BMT Canarsie L to Eighth

Avenue (take a few minutes to look at " Life Underground " , Tom Otterness'

series of whimsical bronze sculptures scattered throughout both sections

of the station). Walk down Eighth Avenue (against the traffic) to Bank

Street (at Abingdon Square). Turn right on Bank and walk west to West

Street. Turn right, walk a quarter-block to 451.

IRT Seventh Avenue 1, 2, or 3 trains to 14 Street. Exit at the south (12

Street) end of the station. Walk a short block west, across 12 Street, to

Greenwich Avenue. Turn left and walk one block to Bank Street. Turn right,

walk west on Bank Street to Abingdon Square. Bank Street continues on the

other side of the park; keep walking on Bank Street to West Street. Turn

right, walk a quarter-block to 451.

New Jersey PATH train to Street. Walk north (with the traffic)

on Greenwich Street to Bank Street. Turn left, walk west on Bank Street to

West Street. Turn right, walk a quarter-block to 451.

(From Penn Station or Port Authority Bus Terminal take the IND Eighth

Avenue A, C or E trains downtown to 14 Street and follow the directions

above. From Grand Central Station take the IRT Lexington Avenue 4, 5 or 6

trains downtown to 14 Street/Union Square and then change to the BMT

Canarsie L train heading toward Eighth Avenue. Follow the directions

above.)

Bus

#8 (Ninth/ Streets crosstown) to and West Streets,

walk up West Street to 451.

#11 (Ninth and Tenth Avenues): From uptown--to Abingdon Square (at Bethune

Street). Walk south one very short block to Bank Street, turn right, walk

west to West Street. Turn right, walk a quarter-block to 451. No service

from downtown--Abingdon Square is the terminal stop.

#14A (Grand/Essex Streets/Avenue A/Fourteenth Street crosstown) to

Abingdon Square (at Bethune Street). Walk south one very short block to

Bank Street, turn right, walk west to West Street. Turn right, walk a

quarter-block to 451.

#20 (Seventh Avenue and Hudson Street/Eighth Avenue): From downtown--to

Abingdon Square (at Bethune Street). Walk south one very short block to

Bank Street, turn right, walk west to West Street. Turn right, walk a

quarter-block to 451. From uptown--to 12 Street (near St.

Hospital). Walk a short block west, across 12 Street, to Greenwich Avenue.

Turn left and walk one block to Bank Street. Turn right, walk west on Bank

Street to Abingdon Square. Bank Street continues on the other side of the

park; keep walking on Bank Street to West Street. Turn right, walk a

quarter-block to 451.

Car

Drive west on 11 Street all the way to West Street (West Side Highway).

Turn right for one block, to 451, between Bank and Bethune Streets.

Along the West Side Highway: From downtown--stay to the right and follow

the Highway to 451, between Bank and Bethune Streets. From uptown: Take

the Highway to son Street (exit left), make a U-turn at son and

proceed back up the Highway to 451, between Bank and Bethune Streets.

Note that there is no legal parking on many parts of West Street before

6:00 pm, and parking on the surrounding streets is scarce. Fines for

illegal parking are a minimum of $115, and your car could be towed.

Retrieval can cost you as much as $300. Fees at parking lots and garages

can run as high as $35 a day. WE URGE YOU TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.