{"id":7691,"date":"2025-09-09T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c4dev.org\/an-immersive-forum-theater-experience-for-com4dev\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:19:41","slug":"an-immersive-forum-theater-experience-for-com4dev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c4dev.org\/en\/an-immersive-forum-theater-experience-for-com4dev\/","title":{"rendered":"An immersive forum theater experience for Com4Dev"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7691\" class=\"elementor elementor-7691 elementor-3443\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40af4e08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40af4e08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fda31fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fda31fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Our European mobility program has enabled the Com4Dev members most interested in forum theater to take part in an internship with Ury Noy Meir in November 2023. He is a specialist in the field, following in the footsteps of Augusto Boal, founder of the Theater of the Oppressed, from which Forum Theater derives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course took place in Monzuno near Bologna, Italy, with 9 Com4Dev members. By all accounts, in addition to a course on the social utility of theater by exploring different forms, the week was a truly immersive experience within ourselves and was intended to reconnect us with nature. For Ury, theater is approached as a tool of expression and research to move towards greater harmony and commitment to a fairer, more united world. It&#8217;s a collective effort that forges strong links between the participants, while also strongly connecting them to their environment. Through exchange and debriefing sessions, we give pride of place to each person&#8217;s unique and sensitive feelings. Once this connection has been established, it&#8217;s time to reflect collectively on the ways in which theatrical practice can open up the work carried out on the course to different audiences and in a variety of contexts, particularly off the beaten track of institutional theater. In other words, off the stage. For example, we were invited to explore and deploy our theatrical practice in a variety of contexts: in the rehearsal room, out in nature, in a nearby eco-lieu, in the public space of the city&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a great experience for Com4Dev, enabling us to offer new tools to the social change organizations we work with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our European mobility program has enabled the Com4Dev members most interested in forum theater to take part in an internship with Ury Noy Meir in November 2023. 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