Forum Theatre Project

AtticRep’s Forum Theatre Project strives to reflect the topics of its community by using unique performance strategies adapted from Brazilian director Augusto Boal’s seminal work The Theatre of the Oppressed. The Forum Theatre Project constructs original performances using stories from different communities, focusing on the individual’s sense of belonging and the specifics of local problems. Using your stories as inspiration to develop an original theatrical work, the Forum Theatre Project aims to provoke dialogue and, through dialogue, change.


Inspired by the work of Brazilian theater director Augusto Boal, Roberto Prestigiacomo, the Producing Artistic Director of AtticRep, has developed a unique Forum Theatre Project which is the first of its kind in San Antonio. Since 2006, with his students at Trinity University and with the actors of AtticRep, Roberto has created Forum Theatre Projects and Invisible Theatre performances dealing with Physical Abuse, Bulimia, Teen Pregnancy, Personal Distance, Walls, Homelessness, and Illegal Immigration.

	March 2010: On Love and Marriage Links and Press “AtticRep’s Forum Theatre Project: Don’t Miss It” - San Antonio Express-News “AtticRep Tackles Love and Marriage in its Forum Theatre Project” - Texas Public Radio “State of the Union” - San Antonio Current Forum 2010 Photo Album
	March 2009: Borders and Walls Links and Press “Forum Theatre Project Explores Borders and Walls” - Texas Public Radio “Act, participate, discuss: Play explores immigration” - San Antonio Express-News Art Beat Blog – MySA.com 2009 Walls Symposium and the Forum Theatre Project Forum 2009 Photo Album
Photo by Rachelle Ramirez	March 2008: Facing San Antonio’s Homeless Links and Press Texas Public Radio Story Listen and Watch more stories from Forum 2008 Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues sponsors Forum Theatre Project 2008 Forum 2008 Photo Album