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 development. On the contrary, its objective is to encourage autonomous activity, to set a process in motion, to stimulate transformative creativity, to change spectators into protagonists. And it is precisely for these reasons that the Theatre of the Oppressed should be the initiator of changes the culmination of which is not the aesthetic phenomenon but real life.

Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.

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 Spectators (they observe!).

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

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

Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...]