Professor Larry Bogad recently presented a mesmerizing talk at
TEDxUCDavis: Tactical Performance: Thinking Theatrically for
Powerful Protest. Watch as he discusses why good theater makes
good protest, and why being right is not enough.
L. M. Bogad is a Guggenheim Fellow, author, performance
artist/activist, educator, Director of the Center for
Tactical Performance, and co-founder of the Clown Army. He has
performed across the United States, Europe, and South America,
from SF MOMA, the Whitney Museum, Yerba Buena Arts Center, and
the Mattress Factory to occupied zones and a squatted military
base in Barcelona. He has led Tactical Performance workshops
around the world, including in Cairo during the first month of
the Egyptian Revolution.