Boal developed an "arsenal" of techniques to suit different social contexts:

: To transform the "monologue" of traditional theater into a "dialogue". It seeks to empower marginalized groups by turning them into the protagonists of their own struggles.

: Developed during a military dictatorship in Brazil, TO was born out of a need to challenge authoritarianism and help farmworkers and the lower class resist systemic oppression. The Essential Techniques

: Boal was heavily influenced by Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed , which argues that education should be a tool for liberation rather than a way to keep people in their place.