Brazilian theater director Augusto Boal dies
May 2, 2009 - 7:51pm
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Augusto Boal, the Brazilian theater director and playwright known for the interactive genre called the "Theater of the Oppressed," died Saturday. He was 78.
Boal died of respiratory failure following a long battle with leukemia, according to Elisa Nunes, a spokeswoman for Rio's Hospital Samaritano.
Boal, who studied theater arts at New York City's Columbia University, created Theater of the Oppressed in the early 1960s as a way to establish a dialogue between audience, playwright, director and actors that encouraged political activism.
Seen as a threat to the dictatorship that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985, Boal was arrested, jailed and tortured before being exiled to Argentina.
He returned to Brazil after the fall of the military regime.
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Augusto Boal (1931 - 2009)
It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the death of Brazilian theatre director and founder of the "Theatre of the Oppressed" (TO), Augusto Boal. In the early hours of May 2, 2009, the world experienced the passing of a visionary theatre artist, activist and educator.
Boal's passionately theatrical spirit and his uncompromising commitment to human rights, combined with an infectious sense of play, spread the ideas and practice of TO around the world.
Boal leaves a rich legacy of innovation in theatre and social activism, books, articles, and inspired hearts and minds. As Chris Vine, a friend and colleague from NY wrote upon hearing this sad news, "...we are all grateful for the lives Boal had touched, inspired and linked together artistically, politically and personally, transcending time and distance."
To me, personally, he was an inspiration, a mentor, a colleague and a beloved friend. No more fiery emails back and forth, Augusto? This is so hard to contemplate. You will always be a welcome "Cop in my Head". Thank you for so much.
Messages have been posted on the International Theatre of the Oppressed (ITO) website from Adrian Jackson, a TO practitioner and translator of Boal's books, http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/ and Bįrbara Santos, on behalf of the Centre of the Theatre of the Oppressed (CTO) Rio. Access Bįrbara's message by clicking on the image of Boal in the upper right of the home page. A condolences registry, where you can leave your thoughts, is available by clicking inside the "interventionsw link of Adrian's message.
On behalf of all of us at Headlines, our condolences to the Boal family, CTO Rio, the global TO community, and all. Boal touched the lives of so many.
David Diamond
Artistic Director, Headlines Theatre, Vancouver BC, Canada Headlines Theatre
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