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Acry of “Stop!” rang out as the scene onstage started to heat up and become intensely charged with emotion. That “Stop!” was not from the performers but from an audience member exercising his right to do the unthinkable, to halt the performance and offer spontaneous alternatives to the situation onstage.
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Dishy, A., Naumer, K. (2010). Puppet Intervention in the Early Childhood Classroom. In: Duffy, P., Vettraino, E. (eds) Youth and Theatre of the Oppressed. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230105966_2
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