Problem: Theatre in the last 100 years confronted many socio-political issues of the day, such as the consequences of war, genocide, racism, homophobia. Directors and playwrights such as Augusto Boal and Anna Deveare Smith offered new approaches to theatre - such as "spect-actors" and "verbatim theatre" - to broaden conversations about oppression and injustice. If you were a theatre director, what topics or issues would you seek to address on our 21st century stages? What approaches would you use to engage audiences today? be specific, give examples, and use a minimum of 200. words.