“…Few studies have evaluated interventions in English-speaking, high-income countries such as the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom (Glik et al, 2002; Kamo, Carlson, Brennan, & Earls, 2008; Simons, 2011), where the incidence of HIV is increasing among adolescents. Most studies that evaluated theater-based interventions for HIV prevention in high-income countries have focused on actors’ behavioral changes (Grewe et al, 2015); however, to our knowledge, few studies have evaluated changes in participant behaviors (Daykin et al, 2008; Glik et al, 2002; Joronen et al, 2008; Lightfoot et al, 2015; Simons, 2011). As theater-based approaches continue to gain popularity and accumulate evidence of their effectiveness, more robust research is needed to understand how such interventions work, and what makes them successful and replicable in adolescent populations.…”