First Session With Drama

Because of my BA in Theatre Miss Lowe allowed me to start a Drama Therapy Group with my clients at Mariners. I was extremely nervous about this but I did some extensive research and am inlove! It was a hit. Although only about 7 of the 50 men participated, they enjoyed themselves so much I believe more will attend next time. We started off with a sun salutation to get our blood flowing and limbs moving. Next I wanted to get to know each other so we did two exercises, one on our names and the other about how we relate. After that we did an energy warm up called energy ball which was a hit and because my guys were very much alive we jumped right into an improv game called hitch hiker. We were laughing and screaming so much Miss Lowe ran in thinking there was a fight, good times. I am going to work on getting to know these guys and some of their issues and work on eventually doing personal scenes from their past or incorporate some ideas they may have for fun. Some were already sharing music. Mariners has never had a drama group and I feel as though I am going to be contributing one of my best qualities and this makes my day.