serves many purposes:
For the actors:
The group provides a safe, non-judgmental space to come together to explore creativity. It allows the actors to exercise and strengthen their bodies and voices, exploring freedom of breath, expression, and range. It encourages communication, group awareness, sensitivity, sharing, confidence, and personal affirmation. It gives confidence in performance, a
nd the support of the group. The process of performing helps the actors explore different situations and characters using their imaginations and drawing on many different sources. This is a place where ideas are always important and creative. The workshop gives all the members a lot of fun! It is a place to make friends and feel accepted. For the facilitators:
The group provides the drama students with an opportunity to use the work they have explored in their drama classes in a workshop setting. By guiding others, they find that they have a deeper understanding of their own development and needs as actors. The facilitators develop a sensitivity to other people—the ability to listen and receive information and to have a sense of observation without criticism. The group helps develop clear thinking and speaking. It re-awakens their sense of “play” and their joy in creativity, when out of a competitive arena. The group provides valuable experience for the young actors, opening up possibilities for future training in drama therapy or drama in education when they graduate.
