page_title: Augusto Boal
hierarchical_section_title: Augusto Boal
caption_attribution_description: English: Brazilian theater director and writer Augusto Boal presenting his Theater of the Oppressed at Riverside Church in New York City.
context_page_description: Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre.
context_section_description: Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian equivalent of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre.
caption: Boal presenting a workshop on the  Riverside Church in New York, 13 May 2008.
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