Theatre for Community, Conflict & Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual

by Rohd, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780325000022
• ISBN10: 0325000026
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama

Summary

This book helps you provide opportunities for young people to open up and explore their feelings through theatre, offering a safe place for them to air their views with dignity, respect, and freedom.

Author Biography

MICHAEL ROHD is a theatre artist and educator. He is also founder and director of Hope Is Vital, the theatre and community dialogue/outreach organization on which this book is based, and has conducted residencies, trainings, and workshops using these techniques throughout the country. Rohd is currently based in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(6)
Doug Paterson
Preface	xv	(5)
Acknowledgments	xx
Introduction	1	(3)
Warm-ups	4	(45)
Energy and Focus Work	9	(19)
Circle Dash	10	(2)
Cover the Space	12	(3)
Tilt	15	(2)
Defender	17	(1)
Blind Handshakes	18	(2)
Minefield	20	(2)
Zip Zap Zop	22	(2)
Donkey	24	(2)
Machine	26	(2)
Trust Work	28	(21)
Trust Circle	30	(3)
Trust Falls	33	(1)
Blind (No Contact)	34	(3)
Find Your Mother Like a Little Penguin	37	(2)
Glass Cobra	39	(2)
Circle Height	41	(1)
Falling	42	(2)
Storytelling	44	(2)
Tour of a Place	46	(3)
Bridge Work	49	(23)
Environment	51	(3)
Values Clarification	54	(3)
Two Revelations	57	(3)
Complete the Image	60	(2)
Sculpting	62	(4)
Machine	66	(2)
Monologue Work	68	(4)
Improvisation	72	(25)
Activity/Urgency	76	(3)
Relationship Wheel	79	(4)
Russel's Soup (A/B)	83	(3)
Line Improvs	86	(4)
Exit	90	(1)
Entrance	91	(1)
Image Alive	92	(2)
Line/Location/Theme	94	(3)
Activating Material	97	(15)
Monologues	104	(1)
Sculpting	105	(2)
Machine	107	(1)
Small Groups	107	(5)
Facilitation	112	(16)
Peer Education	128	(10)
One Last Story	138	(3)
Appendix A: Performance Workshop Feedback Sheet	141	(1)
Appendix B: Sample Plans	142	(5)
Appendix C: Resources: Books	147	(2)
Appendix D: Resources: Contacts	149