title: Community theatre: another tool for achieving social change in poverty neighborhoods.
abstract: Although group therapists and neighborhood social workers have long made use of dramatics, community theatre is a new way of achieving development and deliberate social change in impoverished urban neighborhoods. After defining community theatre, this paper explores some of its theoretical and practical implications. Its relevance for community social work is stressed.
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D004324:Drama; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008091:Literature; D011203:Poverty; D012922:Social Change; D012931:Social Environment; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D014505:Urban Population; D014705:Verbal Behavior