Playing Boal Theatre Therapy Activism Author:Mady Schutzman Playing Boal is an unprecedented examination of the techniques of Augusto Boal, creator of the Theatre of the Oppressed and internationally renowned Brazilian theatre maker and political activist. This book examines the use of Theatre of the Oppressed exercises by a variety of practitioners and scholars working in Europe, North America and Canad... more »a. It explores the possibilities of these tools for active learning and personal empowerment, cooperative education and healing, participatory theatre and community action. Including two interviews with Boal, two pieces of Boal's own writing, Playing Boal is the most comprehensive and in-depth volume on his work to date.« less