The American Ritual Theatre
1969
Original press release draft
11"x 8.5"

Alexandro Jodorowsky of the Polish Ritual Theatre, the namesake of the American Ritual Theatre wrote in 1966, “The theatre should base itself on what has until now been called,’mistakes,” ephemeral accidents. By accepting its ephemeral character, the Theatre will discover what it is that distinguishes it from the other arts and through this, its own essence... The Theatre... should not last even a single day in a man’s life. With its birth comes its death. The only traces which it will leave will be engraved in human beings, and will manifest themselves in psychological change. If the goal of the other arts is to create works, the goal of the theatre will be to change men directly; If the theatre is not a science of life, it is not an art.”