Theatre for Change Education, Social Action and Therapy [Hardcover]

Building on Robert J. Landy's seminal text, Handbook of Educational Drama and Theatre, Landy and Montgomery revisit this richly diverse and ever-changing field, identifying some of the best international practices in Applied Drama and Theatre. Through interviews with leading practitioners and educators such as Dorothy Heathcote, Jan Cohen Cruz, James Thompson, and Johnny Salda?a, the authors lucidly present the key concepts, theories and reflective praxis of Applied Drama and Theatre.

As they discuss the changes brought about by practitioners in venues such as schools, community centres, village squares and prisons, Landy and Montgomery explore the field's ability to make meaning of a vast range of personal and social issues through the application of drama and theatre.
Providing an international overview of the latest work and thinking in Drama and Education, and featuring interviews with a worldwide variety of leading practitioners and theorists, this book explores how Educational Theatre, Applied Theatre and Drama Therapy facilitate change within schools, community centres, prisons, and theatres.

Foreword.- Acknowledgments.- Introduction: The Praxis of Theatre for Change.- Part I: DRAMA AND THEATRE IN EDUCATION.- Educational Drama in the Elementary School.- Educational Drama in the Middle and Secondary School.- Theatre for, by, and with Young People.- Part II: DRAMA AND THEATRE IN SOCIAL ACTION.- Applied Theatre.- Part III DRAMA AND THEATRE IN THERAPY.- Drama Therapy.- Part IV: REFLECTIONS.- Imaginary Dialogue.- Glossary of Terms.- Endnotes.- Bibliography.- Index.

ROBERT J. LANDY Professor of Educational Theatre and Applied Psychology and Director of the Drama Therapy Program at New York University, USA. His publications include The Couch and the Stage: Integrating Words and Action in Psychotherapy (2008), Essays in Drama Therapy: Unfinished Busl3s