The Southern African sub-region, particularly South Africa, which has only put behind few years of relentless war against apartheid, is presently fighting another war – against HIV/AIDS – a disease that has ravaged many communities in the region. Though HIV/AIDS is a global phenomenon, it is in the Third World countries that its impact has become more profound. It is common knowledge that sub-Saharan Africa contains about 10% of the world’s population, yet it accounts for over two-thirds of the 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS. The prevalence of the disease in Southern Africa has risen so high with Swaziland and Botswana topping the list. The negative impact of the disease in the world generally, and in Africa in particular, suggests the upsurge of an enormous human development crisis. Since the emergence of this pandemic, local and international communities have utilized many and varied strategies to combat the disease. Because of apparent display of ignorance and apathy towards this disease by some African communities, governments and non-governmental organizations have been compelled to use orthodox and unorthodox methods in the anti-AIDS campaign. Amongst these methods is the employment of theater/drama as interventionist tool in the education of communities about this dreaded disease. Besides its quality as an entertainment industry, theater/drama is increasingly been seen as an empowering force, and a powerful mode of action for communities in crisis around the world. This paper discusses the role of theater/drama in the education of Southern African communities about HIV/AIDS. Though a panoramic survey of theater and AIDS education in the region is included in my discussion, the focus of the paper is on the impact of theater intervention on AIDS education in Botswana and Lesotho. The author of this paper shares his experiences as a theater activist using drama to disseminate information and educate the youth in Botswana and Lesotho about the devastating effect of HIV/AIDS scourge in the communities.