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If both Aristotle and the laws of thermodynamics are to be believed, theatre is human nature and the world trends to entropy. So, what rawer form of humanity than a theater riot? Riots in theater have been observed globally and through written history. On the early end of the spectrum, Roman pantomimes led to rioting in 14 and 15 AD, and two millennia later theater riots were occurring well into the 1900’s. Theater riots can be tracked as related to particular times of tensio