Responding to Moral Distress in the University:Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed

The Boal-Freire Nexus: Rehearsing Praxis, Imagining Liberation in Bilingual Teacher Education

“…Habitus is then contested by means of theatrical techniques where the spect-actors are encouraged to externalize their thoughts, emotions, and attitudes to challenge the "cops in the head" (Boal, 1995) and to create a variety of solutions while acknowledging that personal struggles stem from broader societal and political issues (Osterlind, 2008) and refusing to regard oneself as a victim of fate. It also humanizes the antagonist, recognizing that they are also subjected to the same "cops in the head", and thus, the antagonist is also capable of transformation (Brown & Gillespie, 1999).…”

“…By the mimesis of the spect-actors' real-life experiences and stories, the texts and bodies become kinetic in a liminal space. Therefore, Forum Theater connects spect-actors' ideas and applies them in real situations through performance, realizing the need for abandoning rhetorical solutions due to their impracticality in real life, and the ineffectiveness of individual action for permanent change (Brown & Gillespie, 1999).…”

Applied Theatre Facilitates Dialogue about Career Challenges for Scientists

“…Faculty training has also been shown to benefit from applied theatre, including interactive or participatory theatre (14). This kind of theatre is characterized by the participation of the audience of interest in the creation of a theatrical performance.…”

Of Research Pings and Ping–Pong Balls

“…By using verbal and nonverbal communication, theater has the potential to enhance understanding of complex emotional, interpersonal, psychosocial, and transboundary dynamics that arise in resource policy and management deliberations (Nwadigwe, 2007;Shanley & López, 2009). Forum Theater originated with Boal (1995) and is a type of theater that acts as a forum to help people understand how they can change their world (Brown & Gillespie, 1999;Colantonio et al, 2008;Schutzman & Cohen-Cruz, 1994). In Forum Theater productions, audience members are considered actors and can direct the way the play reaches its climax through various processes (Boal, 1995).…”