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1、ABoalCompanionTheatreoftheOppressed(TO)isoftenreferredtoasabodyoftheatricaltechniques.YetthisdoesnotdojusticetotherichcontributionofBraziliantheatredirectorAugustoBoal,TO’sfounderandinnovatorofover40years.ABoalCompanionexploresperformativeandculturalideasandpracticesthatinformBoal’sworkbyputting
2、themalongsidethosefromrelateddisciplines.ContributorsinthisanthologyputTOintodialoguewithcomplexitytheory,Merleau-Ponty,EmmanuelLevinas,racetheory,feministperformanceart,DeleuzeandGuattari,andliberationpsy-chologytonamejustafew.Inthisway,kinshipbetweenBoal’sprojectandmultiplefieldsincludingsocial
3、psychology,ethics,biology,comedy,traumastudies,andpoliticalscienceismadevisible.ThiscollectionnotonlyexpandstheknowledgeofTOpractitionersandscholarsbutinvitesintoTOthosereadersunfamiliarwithBoal’sworkwhoseprimaryinterestslieinoneoftherelateddisciplinesaddressedinthesechapters.Theideasgeneratedth
4、roughoutthecollectionwill:•expandreaders’understandingofTOasacomplex,interdisciplinary,multivocalbodyofphilosophicaldiscourses;•provideavarietyoflensesthroughwhichtopracticeandcritiqueTO;•makeexplicittherelationshipsbetweenTOandotherbodiesofwork.JanCohen-CruzandMadySchutzmanhostedBoalatNYUin1987
5、–88,broughtagroupof20culturalpractitionerstoRiodeJaneiroforthreeweekstostudywithBoalin1989,andco-editedPlayingBoal:Theatre,therapy,activismin1994.JanCohen-CruzwroteLocalActs:Community-basedperformanceintheUS(RutgersUni-versityPress:2005)andistheeditorofRadicalStreetPerformance.Sheisanassociatepr
6、ofessoratNewYorkUniversitywheresheteachesintheDramaandtheArtandPublicPolicyDepartments.MadySchutzmanisauthorofTheRealThing:Performance,hysteria,andadvertising(WesleyanUniversityPress:1999).SheteachesatCaliforniaInstituteoftheArtsandisanadvisoryboardmemberoftheLosAngelesCenterforTheatreoftheOppre
7、ssed.ABoalCompanionDialoguesontheatreandculturalpoliticsEditedbyJanCohen-CruzandMadySchutzmanFirstpublished2006intheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016SimultaneouslypublishedintheUKbyRoutledge2ParkSquare,
