A Case for Community Theatre Practice in Cultural Heritage Education and Preservation.

 This paper is the report of a community education project that employed theatre as the main
approach for engaging the participants. The over aching aim of the project was to explore the potency of
community theatre in the mobilizing and educating community folks on cultural heritage preservation and
associated issues. The study was conducted in 2018 in Asebu Traditional Area in the Central region of Ghana.
Data for the study was collected using qualitative interviews and observations whiles participants were
purposively and conveniently sampled. The process of community theatre-story creation, scenario building,
rehearsals, performance and post-performance were adhered to in the development and implementation of the
theatre project. In the final analysis, the paper highlights some of the high and low points in the community
theatre approach to community education, especially in the area of cultural heritage and preservation.