Kelly Howe - The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed

THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

This dynamic book offers a comprehensive companion to the theory and practice of Theatre of the Oppressed. Developed by Brazilian director and theorist Augusto Boal, these theatrical forms invite people to mobilize their knowledge and rehearse struggles against oppression.

Featuring a diverse array of voices (many of them as yet unheard in the academic world), the book hosts dialogues on the following questions, among others:

Why and how did Theatre of the Oppressed develop?

What are the differences between the 1970s (when Theatre of the Oppressed began) and today?

How has Theatre of the Oppressed been shaped by local and global shifts of the last 40-plus years?

Why has Theatre of the Oppressed spread or multiplied across so many geographic, national, and cultural borders?

How has Theatre of the Oppressed been shaped by globalization, development, and neoliberalism?

What are the stakes, challenges, and possibilities of Theatre of the Oppressed today?

How can Theatre of the Oppressed balance practical analysis of what is with ambitious insistence on what could be?

How can Theatre of the Oppressed hope, but concretely?

Broad in scope yet rich in detail, The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed contains practical and critical content relevant to artists, activists, teachers, students, and researchers.

Kelly Howe is a teacher/writer/activist based at Loyola University Chicago. She served twice as president of Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) and co-organized three of its conferences. She also co-edited Theatre of the Oppressed in Actions with Julian Boal and Scot McElvany.

Julian Boal is a well-known Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner who has realized workshops in more than 25 countries around the world. He recently completed his PhD, entitled On Old Forms in New Times: Theatre of the Oppressed Today, Between a Rehearsal of Revolution and Interactive Training for the Victims.

Jos Soeiro is a Portuguese sociologist, political activist, and researcher. He is currently a Member of Parliament. He was responsible for Estudantes por Emprstimo, the first Legislative Theatre project in Portugal, and is one of the organizers of prima!a Gathering of Theatre of the Oppressed and Activism.

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THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

Edited by Kelly Howe, Julian Boal, and Jos Soeiro

First published 2019

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Howe, Kelly (College teacher), editor. | Boal, Julian, 1975 editor. | Soeiro, Jos, editor.

Title: The Routledge companion to Theatre of the Oppressed / [Kelly Howe, Julian Boal, Jos Soeiro, editors].

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018033054 | ISBN 9781138291027 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315265704 (ebook) | ISBN 9781351967969 (epub3) | ISBN 9781351967952 (mobipocket unencrypted)

Subjects: LCSH: Theater and society. | TheaterPolitical aspects. | TheaterPhilosophy. | Boal, AugustoCriticism and interpretation. | Theatrical producers and directorsInterviews.

Classification: LCC PN2049 .R68 2019 | DDC 792.01dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018033054

ISBN: 978-1-138-29102-7 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-26570-4 (ebk)

Typeset in Bembo

by Newgen Publishing UK

To Augusto Boal, who surely started in theatre a revolution that hopefully will not be contained by the stage.

CONTENTS

Kelly Howe, Julian Boal, and Jos Soeiro

Frances Babbage

Priscila Matsunaga

Douglas Estevam

In Camargo Costa

Jorge Lourao Figueira

Paolo Vittoria

Jos Soeiro and Julian Boal

Kelly Howe

Srgio de Carvalho

Julian Boal and Jos Soeiro

THREE EXAMPLES OF TANGLED SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION

Michael Lwy

James McMaster

Kelly Howe

An interview with Cora Fairstein, Birgit Fritz, and Roberto Mazzini

Sabrina Speranza

Alexander Santiago-Jirau and S. Leigh Thompson

Rafael Villas Bas

An interview with Ins Barbosa, Vanesa Camarda, and Paul Dwyer

Adrian Jackson

Jos Soeiro

Brbara Santos

Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval

Juan Carlos Monedero

Marildo Menegat

An interview with Cecilia Thumim Boal

Paulo Bio Toledo

Jean-Franois Martel

An interview with Sanjoy Ganguly

Douglas Paterson

An interview with Mamadou Diol

Julian Boal

An interview with Sruti Bala

An interview with Aleksandar Bani, Ezequiel Basualdo, and Amarlis Felizes

La Escuela de Teatro Poltico del Movimiento Popular La Dignidad

Charles N. Adams, Jr.

Geo Britto

An interview with Brent Blair, Iwan Brioc, and Mady Schutzman

A dialogue with Chen Alon, Sonja Arsham Kuftinec, and Jan Cohen-Cruz

An interview with Charles N. Adams, Jr., Dani Snyder-Young, and Alessandro Tolomelli