Introduction : Theatre of the Oppressed and its Time(s) / Kelly Howe, Julian Boal, and José Soeiro -- PART ONE : ROOTS. Genealogies. 1. New York and After: Gassner, Realism, and the "Method" / Frances Babbage -- 2. Teatro de Arena, Brazil, Boal: Between Farces and Allegories / Priscila Matsunaga -- 3. Augusto Boal and the Nuestra América (Our America) Theatre / Douglas Estevam -- 4. Agitprop and Theatre of the Oppressed / Iná Camargo Costa -- 5. Epic Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed: “Brecht and, Modestly, [Boal]!” / Jorge Louraço Figueira -- 6. Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal: Praxis, Poetry, and Utopia / Paolo Vittoria -- Critical Frames. 7. Theatre of the Oppressed as a Dialectical Game? / José Soeiro and Julian Boal -- 8. Constraints and Possibilities in the Flesh: The Body in Theatre of the Oppressed / Kelly Howe -- 9. Contradictions of Theatre of the Oppressed / Sergio de Carvalho -- 10. Identities, Otherness, and Emancipation in Theatre of the Oppressed / Julian Boal and José Soeiro -- Oppression. Three Examples of Tangled Systems of Oppression. 11. Capitalism and Environmental Destruction / Michael Löwy -- 12. Racism, Colonialism, Imperialism / James McMaster -- 13. Patriarchy, Cisnormativity and Heteronormativity / Kelly Howe -- From Roots to Branches. 14. Games: Demechanization and Serious Fun / an interview with Cora Fairstein, Birgit Fritz, and Roberto Mazzini -- 15. Newspaper Theatre: The Oldest Branch of TO in the Post-Print Present / Sabrina Speranza -- 16. Image Theatre: A Liberatory Practice for "Making Thought Visible" / Alexander Santiago-Jirau and S. Leigh Thompson -- 17. Invisible Theatre: From Origins to Current Uses / Rafael Villas Bôas --18. Forum Theatre: A Dramaturgy of Collective Questioning / an interview with Inês Barbosa, Vanesa Camarda, and Paul Dwyer -- 19. The Rainbow of Desire: Boal and Doubt / Adrian Jackson -- 20. Legislative Theatre: Can Theatre Reinvent Politics? / José Soeiro -- 21. Aesthetics of the Oppressed: Self-Criticism and Re-Foundation of Theatre of the Oppressed / Bárbara Santos -- PART TWO: GROUND SHIFTS. Changing Landscapes in Late Capitalism. 22. Neoliberalism and the Alternative of the Common / Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval -- 23. Indignant Democracy: Problems of Legitimization in Neoliberal Capitalism / Juan Carlos Monedero -- 24. Art and the Wreckage / Marildo Menegat -- Critical Reflections on the Early Multiplication of Theatre of the Oppressed. 25. The Difficult Exile in Argentina, or The "Sabbatical Year" of Boal / an interview with Cecilia Thumim Boal -- 26. Dialectics of Theatre of the Oppressed During Augusto Boal’s Portuguese Exile / Paulo Bio Toledo -- 27. The Beginnings of Theatre of the Oppressed in France / Jean-François Martel -- 28. Theatre of the Oppressed, Not Theatre for the Oppressed: Origins of Jana Sanskriti and Evolutions of TO in India / an interview with Sanjoy Ganguly -- 29. Early Conferences in the US: PTO and its Roots in the Academy / Douglas Paterson -- 30. Theatre of the Oppressed in Senegal: TO "Proposed That We Dare Ourselves to Dream" / an interview with Mamadou Diol -- PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE. 31. Theatre of the Oppressed in Neoliberal Times: From Che Guevara to the Uber Driver / Julian Boal -- Spaces. 32. Workshops: The Modularization of TO Pedagogy / an interview with Sruti Bala -- 33. Gatherings: Between Market Pressure and "Critical Generosity" / an interview with Aleksandar Bancic, Ezequiel Basualdo, and Amarílis Felizes -- 34. Political Organizations: La Dignidad, Theatre and Politics in Movement / Escuela de Teatro Político -- 35. Schools: Theatre of the Oppressed with Youth / Charles N. Adams, Jr. -- 36. NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations): Challenges and Limitations / Geo Britto -- 37. Therapy: Theatre of the Oppressed and/as Therapeutic Praxis / an interview with Brent Blair, Iwan Brioc, and Mady Schutzman -- 38. Community: Notion and Feeling, Goal and Strategy / a dialogue with Chen Alon, Sonja Arsham Kuftinec, and Jan Cohen-Cruz -- 39. Academia: Theatre of the Oppressed in Colleges and Universities / an interview with Charles N. Adams, Jr., Dani Snyder-Young, and Alessandro Tolomelli -- Practices in Context. 40. Jana Sanskriti: Continuous Presence, Aesthetical Rigor, and Political and Social Movement / Sanjoy Ganguly -- 41. Féminisme-Enjeux: Challenges and Paradoxes of a Feminist Theatre of the Oppressed Company / Gwenaelle Ferré -- 42. Peles Negras, Máscaras Negras (Black Skins, Black Masks): Maria 28, Racism, and Domestic Work / chullage and Raquel -- 43. MSTB (Roofless Movement of Bahia): An Experience of Theatre and Struggle / Fernanda Moscoso de Jesus Sousa, Leila Kissia D’Andreamatteo, Nivaldo Souza Ferreira, and Theo da Rocha Barreto -- 44. Forn de teatre Pa'tothom: A Space for Projects, Training, and Social Struggle / Jordi Forcadas -- 45. GTO Montevideo: A Theatre Within a Campaign / Sabrina Speranza -- 46. National Egyptian Project for Theatre of the Oppressed and its Arab Network / Nora Amin -- 47. Theatre of the Oppressed NYC: Radical Partnerships On the Ground in New York City / Katy Rubin -- EPILOGUE: Message by Augusto Boal, World Theatre Day, 2009.