Using Theatre For Health

When I was younger my mom used to tell me I should take a drama class because I loved being silly. I could fake cry for my uncle when he would ask me to. I would always get asked by my mom show my which cackles to her friends. I was always ready to take on some character from TV. shows or commercials and throw myself into it. I would do this because it helped me at that moment not to be shy. Not only that, when my siblings and I would get into conflicts like siblings do, it would usually end up in slamming doors and screaming, nothing was ever resolved. However, when I would use an impractical character to articulate something I did not want to verbalize we all seemed to play along and it was comical, and we resolved conflict without slamming …show more content…
In fact, I think theatre for health is only one way we could use theatre other than drama. Playing theatre games for social anxiety and conflict resolution or any type of issue really, is a good tool. I believe because theatre is acting and improv that you are less likely to be angry with the person you are in conflict with if you role-play. You both have a chance to act out how something makes you feel without having to tell someone that you are mad at something that person may have done. I also believe it would give me an idea of how some children would react in certain situations. I think this would be good tool to use as a teacher for that reason. I could even base some of the ways I teach without theatre by their reactions. By getting my students to play theatre games to focus on some social issues and conflicts I can understand them better. Using theatre games and play to incorporate some serious issues will get them to talk about the issues on a lighter note. Maybe students could relate back to a game we play and solve an issue before it arises. Getting students to act some things out will demonstrate to the children that they all go through the same things in different ways. I even notice myself thinking back to theatre games we have played in class when I am dealing with my friends and even my own kids. It really gets their attention. To sum it up I see all different ways we could incorporate a little