Leadership on Stage and Screen

Discussion of primary dramatic texts and films that examine leadership in a variety of settings and frameworks. Uses critical readings to contextualize the works as commentary on the issues and crises of leadership present at the time of their creation and examines the way in which they continue to address ethical and logistical leadership concerns in later periods and alternative contexts. In addition, discussions will focus on the use of film and theater as vehicles for questions of sociopolitical change and ethical inquiry. Course expectations include a theatrical production project working in the greater Richmond community designed to use the theatrical experience to enact social justice and examine leadership at work. Primary focus ethical.