Augusto Boal

Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 - 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician.

Augusto Boal
Boal presenting a workshop on the Theatre of the Oppressed at the Riverside Church in New York, 13 May 2008.
Born	(1931-03-16)16 March 1931 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	2 May 2009(2009-05-02) (aged 78) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Theatre practitioner
Genre	Theatre of the Oppressed

He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian version of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997. He developed the legislative theatre.^[1]

Boal died from respiratory failure caused by leukemia, aged 78.