This workshop centers on methodology used within a co-taught undergraduate course. The courseexplores ways of making meaning through experimental pedagogical practices in critical pedagogyspanning Theatre of the Oppressed, Feminist Studies, and the field of Composition and Rhetoric. Ouraim is to cultivate in students a sense of critical empathy (Lobb) and literacy skills by weavingtogether methods for engaging with text, widely conceptualized to include linguistic, visual, andembodied modes. We will explicitly focus on digital technologies in this offering. Workshopparticipants will explore methods of research and writing through the composition of a sharedartifact, using Newspaper Theatre as our guide. Juxtaposing lived experience and representationsfrom digital media sources, we will draw together stories highlighting the subjectivity of “the news,”utilizing synthesis and critique as forms of meaning-making. This approach emphasizes theideological diversity within classrooms, where multiple ways of thinking come into conversation.Participants will also be invited to experience creating texts while playing with the de-mechanizationof the body (Boal), a central liberatory practice of Theatre of the Oppressed. During the workshop,participants will receive a tutorial on Newspaper Theatre techniques, and work in groups to create aperformance to share with the collective. The text(s) could include current news, historicaldocuments, cultural texts/mythologies, song lyrics, or other similar resources. Performances may beinformed by previous generative activities, though participants will be invited to address any rangeof topics of interest to the group. The workshop will culminate with sharing of productions and abrief closing circle to discuss takeaways from the experience. We hope, through a convergence ofpractices bridging feminist pedagogy, composition, and Theatre of the Oppressed, we can actualizepathways towards creating inclusive and egalitarian communities. By the end of the workshop,participants will gain an understanding of the goals and basic techniques in Newspaper Theatre as atool to cultivate embodied approaches to critical media literacy.