Augusto Boal was a Brazilian playwright, director, and theater theorist known for his innovative social theater and participatory theater. His work emphasizes social justice and community engagement, having a profound impact on the global theater community.
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Source: Teatro do Oprimido e outras poéticas políticas
“Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for.”
Source: Theater of the Oppressed
“The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.”
Source: Theater of the Oppressed
Source: Games for Actors and Non-Actors
“Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.”
Source: Theater of the Oppressed
“It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.”
“Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater.”
“The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.”
“We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.”
“Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.”
Source: Games for Actors and Non-Actors
“All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).”
Source: Games for Actors and Non-Actors
