Liz Morgan

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (USA)

Liz Morgan is the Director of Training & Pedagogy at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and a co-author of ‘The Wildcard Workbook’, a guide to Forum Theatre illustrated by Shreyas R Krishnan and Kruttika Susarla. In 2017, she initiated TO-NYC’s Rapid Response troupe, specializing in experimental creative advocacy projects. Her other contributions to the Theatre of the Oppressed methodology include designing the Alphabet Forum model. Liz recently completed Columbia University’s Theatre of Change course in partnership with Broadway Advocacy Coalition where she developed Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happily Ever After, a Cinderella-inspired one-act aimed at inspiring immigration reform. Liz was a member of the NYC Narrative Power Network for Racial and Health Equity 2023 Cohort and her research with New York Presbyterian on Examining the Feasibility of Forum Theatre: An Innovative Approach to Dialogue Surrounding Bias and Barriers to Equitable Care was published in the Journal of Trauma Nursing. After participating in a 2023 residency with Jana Natya Manch, a street theatre company based in New Delhi, Liz co-founded Radical Evolution’s Street Theatre Crew where she collaboratively devises theatre to support unions and progressive social movements. Before leaving to help form “The Fled,” a collective rooted in anti-racist values, Liz was also a resident writer at The Flea. Liz served on the A.R.T./NY Body Autonomy Leadership Council and TCG’s 2021 Rising Leaders of Color cohort. She has studied at Brown University, the London Dramatic Academy, Jana Sanskriti CTO in India, and the Yeredon Center for Malian Arts.