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guerrilla theater

noun

  1. the presentation of short propaganda plays or skits, usually on sociopolitical themes, as war or repression, often on the streets or in other nontheater locations.


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Origin of guerrilla theater1

First recorded in 1965–70
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With its flair for guerrilla theater, the SLA picked the Hibernia Bank to rob, knowing that security cameras would capture Hearst storming the lobby with a military-style M1 carbine, under no apparent coercion.

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And then as I got older in my education, I was basically a co-artistic director of a young improv troupe that would go out and do guerrilla theater.

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Some of the actions he advocated were benign guerrilla theater, like dressing in hazmat suits outside national parks to highlight the risk of pollution.

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“The Yippies are pranksters and street artists and guerrilla theater people,” he said.

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Its entwined stories, narrated by a journalist, follow Nelson, a young actor cast in “The Idiot President,” a guerrilla theater company’s touring show, and Henry, the company’s leader and a former political prisoner.

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