sociodrama thread

[CGayle]

This interest is inspiring.  I did an open sociodrama session once on peace issues a long while ago; was extremely powerful.  Did open biblical sociodrama sessions once a month for a year, also awhile ago.  Recently got a copy of John Casson's article on Living Newspaper, feeling a similar inkling as others to do something in this vein, and looking for inspiration.  Some of you with training centers have a venue.  I find the organizing, advertising, keeping up on getting folks there my biggest resistance...the grunt work that does not inspire me.   And organizing is time consuming, and for no pay; which is not an issue for me except that I need to make a living and time gets taken up doing that.  Brain storming out loud here about what sort of community groups might have their own advertising, venues, audiences, etc:  church groups; tagging into cultural or political events that could offer a sociodrama adjunct to them;  film festivals;  teen centers; neighborhood association........would welcome other ideas.
Cynthia Gayle



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Linda Condon 
  To: Ann Hale ; grouptalk 
  Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 5:25 PM
  Subject: Re: sociodrama thread


  I have been feeling a pull lately to do something with sociodrama on a communal level where I live too.  I'm really grateful for the ideas that are floating around as we talk about this.  I've also had that experience, Ann, of wishing after certain movies that there was a chance to process or do something with the themes that were surfacing from 'sitting in' on the drama I'd justed watched.  Also after reading a good book, I've felt that stir.  Anyhow, I am interested in continuing to hear about others' experience with sociodrama open sessions and perhaps might get brave enough and motivated enough to make something happen down here in Florida.  Thanks, Linda

  Ann Hale <annehale at swva.net> wrote: 
    Dear Peter Parkinson, Peter Howie and Adam,
        I have always thought that sociodrama, rather than jsut psychodrama for open sessions would have more potential for connecting and community building.  I have always wanted to leave a movie theater and walk into a sociodrama session where the universal, collective themes of the recent drama could be explored in situ.  One of the huge draws of Playback Theater for me is the healing power of the aesthetic, the courage of the risk taking actors and tellers, and the pure necessity of groups of people wanting to feel the powerful connection of their intersecting stories.
        I doubt that tribes who used dance and story to explain lifes mysteries worried about "informed consent" for their gatherings.  What we have now, rather than neighborhoods and tribes, are captured audiences to the world stage, and media purveyors, rather than wise men.
        I like the idea of return to the community to explore what is going on, how I feel about it, and to get plugged into the power that I have to act and contribute to solutions.  I wish you great success making this happen, or to continue. Lets write some more about it. I need the nudge to do something locally where I live. Ann Hale
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