Advanced Practices: Theater Aesthetics and Therapeutic Theater

Catalog description

Therapeutic theater is an umbrella term for approaches to drama therapy that include or are focused on the development and presentation of a performance in front of a chosen audience. In this course, students engage with existing theory, practice, and research about therapeutic theatre. Students develop their own sense of therapeutic aesthetics and facilitation style and experience the development of a therapeutic theater performance first-hand. The final presentation is attended by program faculty and invited guests.