Everything’s a Rule: In Legislative Theatre, Every Citizen Is a Policy Analyst
December 21, 2023
With a practice known as “Legislative Theatre,” communities who are directly impacted by oppressive policies and systems devise a play that frames those problems through their lived experience and perform it for audiences of peers, neighbors, advocates, and policymakers. Then, those audiences act onstage to rehearse ways to confront the problems presented and test new policies in real time.