Mady made it work.

As one who wishes to produce a community theater piece that resonates with its participants in a deeper way, Mady Schutzman's approach in using the Theater of the Oppressed method proved to be a very poignant one indeed. Boal's renowned Joker system is one that truly allows for any inexperienced actor, say, one of the community volunteers, to be able to engage the piece from several angles as simultaneously as they can. It allows a volunteer(who is already in a unique position in terms of being someone of an untrained theatrical background) to fully immerse themselves in a story and explore all of the vantage points, while at the same time not restricting their innate desire to use their own critical eye in regards to the piece. In keeping all of these elements in mind, Schutzman was very wise to engage the Plaza project this way. I felt in reading the piece that the children involved were able to use their own experience and really be able to maximise the performance(to their satisfaction) to be effective in their community.