ABSTRACT

This article considers research as inquiry and social intervention through the lens of building theatre audiences. Detailing a research and creative collaboration with a Toronto-based theatre company, and their verbatim play Towards Youth: a play on radical hope created from the data of a global ethnographic research project, we extend Schechner's (1988, 2003. Performance Theory. London: Routledge.) notion of gathering and dispersing to illustrate how an ‘agile’ research methodology acts as both inquiry and social intervention. This dual focus provides theatre artists and practitioners with novel ways to become more intentional about building engaged, intergenerational audiences.

摘要

本文将研究视为通过培养剧院观众的角度进行的探究和社会干预。我们详细介绍了Schechner（1988，2003. Performance Theory。London： Routledge。）收集和分散的概念，以说明“敏捷”的研究方法是如何充当探究和社会干预的。这种双重关注为戏剧艺术家和从业人员提供了新颖的方法，使他们更加有意识地培养参与的代际观众。