Guerilla Theatre

Guerilla Theatre (or Guerilla Theater) is an alternative theatrical form

The concept

Henry Lesnick (1973) has broadly defined this theatrical form as "a radical political theater performed in the streets, in the schools, in shopping centers, outside plant gate - anywhere people gather." Though it apparently emerged strongly in the United States in the wake of the McCarthyist era in American politics and culture, it has also manifested itself in various ways across the ages and across the globe.

Often simply a version of what is widely known as Street Theatre, the form is sometimes also referred to as Guerilla Street Theatre or, in America, Guerilla Street Theater.