The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution..

Nothing is going to remain the way it is. Let us, in the present, study the past, so as to invent the future..

The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spec….

Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion..

We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it..

Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater..

All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!)..

Theatre has nothing to do with buildings or other physical constructions. Theatre - or theatricality - is the capacity, this human property which all….

When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never - since the objective is not to close a cycle, to generate a catharsis, or to end a de….

It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass..

The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or t….

The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it..

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just wai….

Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for..

It is not the place of the theatre to show the correct path, but only to offer the means by which all possible paths may be examined..

Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...].

Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves..