63rd Annual Conference
Friday February 24
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M. –1:15 P.M. & 2:45-6:00
P.M.
Workshop
34a
RoundTable
Theatre: Bridging the Differences Internally and Externally
Chairs:
Elizabeth Berney, Ph.D.,
Private Practice, Rockville, Maryland
Joseph Mancini, Jr., M.S.W.,
Ph.D., MSOD, CGP, CHT, Private Practice, Rockville, Maryland
Participants will learn the
theory and practice of RoundTable Theatre (RTT), an improvisational
modality, in healing the internal gaps between spontaneity and
discipline, inner child and inner adult, intuition and rationality,
the unknown and the certain; and the external gap between self and
other through improvisational community-building.
Experiential-demonstration-didactic-sharing of work experiences
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1. Understand the general theory
of RTT.
2. Identify the particular ways
that improvisation can heal splits within the self and between the
self and other.
3. Choose specific improvisation
exercises for bridging particular divisions.
4. Demonstrate how to develop
profound group cohesion through improvisation and play.
Course References:
1. Boal, A. (1992).
Games for Actors and Non-Actors. Translated by Adrian Jackson.
London: Routledge.
2. Jones, B. (1993).
Improve with Improv: A guide to improvisation and character
development. Colorado Springs, CO.: Meriwether Publishing.
3. Wiener, D. (1994).
Rehearsal for Growth: Theatre improvisation for psychotherapists.
New York: W.W. Norton.
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