Playback Theatre is a form of improvisational storytelling, based on deep listening to audience members’ personal stories. Developed in the US in 1975, there are now hundreds of Playback Theatre companies in over 70 countries across the globe. Playback has limitless applications, including helping people understand each other across differences and elevating the stories of people who are less often heard in society.
What is Playback Theatre?
As created by Brazilian theatre visionary and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Augusto Boal (1931-2009), Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.) is a form of popular community-based education that uses
theater as a tool for social change. Originally developed out of Boal’s revolutionary work with peasant and worker populations in Latin America, it is now used all over the world for social and political activism, conflict resolution, community building, therapy, and government legislation.
What is Theatre of the Oppressed?
