Forum Theatre (Boal)

Objective: Students will understand the ways in which theatre can be used to create a forum for discussion by creating a piece of art representing their commitment to creating a community of trust in the class, prompted by games and discussion.

Objective: Students will access memories—share them and receive them in great detail by creating and presenting “memory gifts” to one another.

Objective: Students will analyze relevant texts and discover the possibilities of a forum theatre piece—its plot and characters—by identifying an oppressor, oppressed, and oppression.

Objective: Students will assess what they gained and learned in this unit by completing the Reflection Worksheet and discussing their observations with their peers.

Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of conducting a workshop by leading their peers through activities planned and rehearsed.

Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the flow of a workshop by creating their own workshop from beginning to end and writing out notes they will need to lead the workshop tomorrow.

Objective: Students will explore meaning and communication in what they see rather than what is said by participating in Boal’s Mirror Sequence, and using what is gained to describe on paper a moment in their day when such communication took place

Objective: Students will understand the structure of forum theatre as well as the roles of both actor and spect-actor by creating, performing, and participating in one another’s mini-pieces.

Objective: Students will connect the communication in the modeling sequence to the mirror sequence by participating in and reflecting on sculpture work.

Lesson Five—Forum Theatre Reading Day