Fez — Rabat’s Higher Institute of Dramatic Art and Cultural Animation (ISADAC) is preparing to host “Théâtronissa,” a social and participatory theater project that places women working in the institution’s cleaning sector at the center of the stage.
The official presentation is scheduled for Saturday, June 6 at 3 p.m. at the ISADAC Théâtre Lab in Rabat, according to the project’s press material. The performance is open to media, cultural professionals, civil society actors, students, researchers, and the wider public.
Led by fourth-year students from ISADAC’s Cultural Animation and Scenography programs, the project was developed under the artistic and pedagogical direction of Moroccan director, writer, and producer Ayoub Aït Bihi.
Giving voice to invisible work
“Théâtronissa” is built around a simple but powerful idea: women who usually work in the background of an institution can become the authors and performers of their own narratives.
The project’s factsheet says it aims to honor the women’s life journeys by giving them a space for expression, creation, and recognition. It also frames theater as a tool for confidence, inclusion, and public awareness around human dignity.
The title on the event poster appears alongside “Zeman,” meaning time, with the phrase “Des voix, des scènes, des histoires” (Voices, scenes, stories). The visual identity suggests a performance concerned not only with labor, but with memory and the lives that often remain unseen inside public institutions.
Not just another show
The project goes beyond a one-day performance. Its preparation included theater workshops, body and voice work, listening and exchange sessions, psychological support, collection of life stories, scenographic creation, and dramaturgical development.
The press release says participants were invited to share their experiences and personal paths, which then became the raw material for a performance exploring social recognition and the ability of art to create human connection.
For the students involved, “Théâtronissa” also functions as a pedagogical laboratory. They took part in designing workshops, supporting participants, shaping the scenography, documenting the process, and communicating the project.
That structure gives the initiative a double purpose. It trains future cultural workers in socially engaged creation while offering participants a space where their voices are treated as artistic material rather than background noise.
ISADAC and social theater
ISADAC is one of Morocco’s main public institutions for training in theater, scenography, and cultural animation. The Rabat-based institute is a school preparing students for artistic careers in acting, scenography, and cultural animation.
The project received support from ISADAC’s administration under the supervision of director Latifa Ahrar, with the involvement of Tarek Ribh, head of para-academic activities, and the institute’s General Secretariat.
