UC Santa Cruz

This thesis examines and codifies qualities of anti-war theater, and endeavors to answer the question of what methods are used in successful anti-war theater. This will be done first by introducing established theory and applying it to anti-war plays. These concepts will then be examined through a case study of an original anti-war play to test their efficacy in practice.This will establish a new theoretical framework for the analysis of anti-war theater which will be called the Theater of Peace.