Resource Human-Centered Design

The People Act Legislative Theatre

Legislative Theatre brings residents, policymakers and activists together into creative, constructive dialogue, to co-create more equitable and effective policies and laws.

Organization: The People Act
Published Year: 2024

Community members create and present plays based on their lived experiences, addressing local or national policy issues. Audiences are invited to improvise alternative responses to systemic problems onstage, and develop these ideas into specific and feasible policy proposals. Following deliberation, debate, and voting, policymakers and advocates carry these proposals forward to their respective offices – using theatre to spark concrete change.