Julian Boal is a Theatre of the Oppressed facilitator, working with organizations and initiatives in more than 20 countries. In Portugal, he has participated in the last editions of the meeting Oprima!. Founder of the Theatre of the Oppressed- Paris Group and Féminisme Enjeux theatre company. He is the author of the book Imagens de um Teatro Popular [Images of a People's Theatre] (Hicutec, 2000) and is currently developing a thesis on the political history of the Theatre of the Oppressed, in Rio de Janeiro.

Kelly Howe is an activist, writer and professor of theatre and performance and social change at North Central College, Illinois, where she also coordinates the women's studies programme. Howe was president of the American organization “Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc.”. She is co-author, with Julian Boal and Scot McElvany of "Theatre of the Oppressed in Actions: An Audio-Visual Introduction to Boal's Forum Theatre", published by Routledge this year.

Rafael Villas Boas is professor at the University of Brasilia and was the coordinator of the National Brigade Theatre Patativa do Assaré, a collective responsible for theatrical presentations of the March of the Landless in Brasilia, maintaining to this day responsibilities in the cultural sector of the MST. His Ph.D. thesis was on “Political Theatre and the Agrarian Issue, 1955-1965: contradictions, advances and impasses of a turning point.