Verbatim theatre is essential in story telling assignment

Verbatim Theatre allows for previously unheard voices to be presented on stage, a strong benefit of communal storytelling as a collective act. A number of voices are collected through recording and transcribing or editing audio into a script and then fed back into the community (usually) through the performing of the theatre. Because Verbatim Theatre concerns itself with events, issues or concerns within a community, it allows for the representing of people whose opinions might not otherwise be heard.

In our class verbatim performances, we were given an opportunity to present our findings and opinions on issues within our school to authorative figures who might never have known how the school community felt about these issues. Communal storytelling in the form of Verbatim Theatre is entrusted with the task of remaining unbiased and therefore is perceived as a more accurate rendering and representation of truth than what other mediums such as the media might present.