Patricia Freitas dos Santos is a literary translator, founder of GETEPOL (Research Group on Political Theatre) and holds a Ph.D from the University of São Paulo/ Brazil in the field of Language and Arts. Her research focuses on Augusto Boal’s work in exile, especially the three fairs of opinion he directed, and the relationship between the development of TO techniques and the intensification of repressive policies during the military regime in Brazil. She received her M.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies and her B.A. in Language and Arts, both from the University of São Paulo. She has worked as a theatre critic for teatrojornal.com, and published articles and books on Augusto Boal, including her Master’s thesis Pedagogia da Atuação: uma análise do trabalho teatral de Augusto Boal durante seu exílio na América Latina (Desconcertos, 2019).