Announcements
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Draft Conference Program available here.
Conference Schedule: Download here
Deadline to Request Translators for the PTO Austin Conference: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Would you like to request a translator for the PTO 2010 Austin conference? PTO cannot promise it will be able to provide translators for everyone or for all sessions, but we will do our best to respond to all requests. Email Talleri McRae at tallerimcrae@hotmail.com with your request. Spread the word. Thanks!
PTO 2010 Conference registration is open. Register here.
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Important Announcement: PTO 2010 Conference
The 16th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference
"Flex and Flexibility:
When to bend? When to stretch? When to engage?"
Austin, Texas, June 3-6, 2010
(With pre-conference workshops beginning June 1st and post-conference
workshops concluding June 8th)
Hosted by The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, with co-sponsorship from the university's Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS)
Dolores Huerta Participation Announcement
Special Conference Guests
- Julian Boal (pre-workshop and post-workshop facilitator and opening ceremony joker)
- Bárbara Santos (post-workshop, keynote speaker)
To read more about the 2010 PTO Conference click here.
For important information about youth registration, attendees with disabilities or other accessibility questions, and dietary requests click here.
Fall 2009 Newsletter: Encounter, the newsletter of PTO, is here.
PTO Online Shop
Visit our online shop to buy our brand new DVDs, including the souvenir DVD of our 2009 Conference in Minneapolis. We are also proud to introduce our last project with Augusto Boal:
From Forum to Legislative Theatre with Augusto and Julian Boal is an informative, insightful look into the methods and practice of Forum and Legislative Theatre as developed by Augusto Boal.
This DVD is not a documentary, but rather a documented process intended to assist practitioners of all kinds, those beginning their exploration and use of the techniques as well as those seeking further insight, with their work towards implementing and developing Forum and Legislative Theatre.
The 3-day workshop with Augusto and Julian Boal took place as part of the 14th Annual International PTO Conference (May 2008) in Omaha, Nebraska, and culminated in a symbolic Legislative Theatre session at the Omaha City Council.
Over 18 hours of material has been edited into easily viewable sections, each highlighting a tool, a method, a technique of rehearsal, or insights into the greater body of work that is the Theatre of the Oppressed from Augusto and Julian Boal.
Our Mission
PTO is a not-for-profit (IRS 501C3) organization with the following mission: To challenge oppressive systems by promoting critical thinking and social justice. We organize an annual meeting that focuses on the work of liberatory educators, activists, and artists; and community organizers.