Group theater as a collective experience in the face of neoliberal challenges in the urban context — a brief reflection

Abstract

This reflection begins with the praxis of group theater, its collectivized mode of organization, and its counter-hegemonic experiences. The text seeks to articulate a range of concepts such as commons, heterotopias, the right to the city, and theoretical approaches to what manifests and is present in the world today. In this sense, this reflection encompasses what can be observed through group theater not only as a form of resistance to the challenges imposed by neoliberalism, but as exercises for a world yet to be born. Through the characteristics that comprise the historical subject of group theater, it seems possible to identify in collective action the practice of equality, justice, guarantee and expansion of social rights from a collaborative, collective, and community-based perspective. The theoretical framework draws on concepts from fields such as urban geography, social psychology, and the performing arts, referencing authors such as David Harvey, Julia Caminha, Michel Foucault, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval, João Tonucci, and André Carrera.