[7-2] Theater! The Workshop: Learn to use improv to create theatrical vignettes for improving mental and behavioral health
Presentation language：English
Child-parent interactions are a common area where conflict occurs due to cross-cultural challenges. This workshop aims to develop realistic and relatable theatrical vignettes, namely “child-parent playbooks”, as an educational vehicle for a variety of mental and behavioral health related goals in Asian American families.
The workshop will teach how to create natural dialogues through long-form improvisational comedy techniques based on relevant lived experiences. This method starts with an in-depth discussion with script contributors. That then guides decisions about the characters, their relationship to each other, and their emotional motivation. Scenes are then improvised, recorded, and transcribed, with these steps repeated as necessary, focusing attention on cultivating a natural interaction.
Participants will understand the framework of constructing child-parent playbook vignettes. In addition to Asian American child-parent cultural disconnect, other vignettes that have been written and performed with audiences include ones related to low-income families as well as others that bring awareness to the emotional stress that COVID-19 is having on families and healthcare providers.
Our child-parent playbook workshop will take participants through the process of creating scripts and scenarios using these techniques, demonstrate their application, and allow participants an opportunity to practice script development and to reflect on the process.
The workshop will teach how to create natural dialogues through long-form improvisational comedy techniques based on relevant lived experiences. This method starts with an in-depth discussion with script contributors. That then guides decisions about the characters, their relationship to each other, and their emotional motivation. Scenes are then improvised, recorded, and transcribed, with these steps repeated as necessary, focusing attention on cultivating a natural interaction.
Participants will understand the framework of constructing child-parent playbook vignettes. In addition to Asian American child-parent cultural disconnect, other vignettes that have been written and performed with audiences include ones related to low-income families as well as others that bring awareness to the emotional stress that COVID-19 is having on families and healthcare providers.
Our child-parent playbook workshop will take participants through the process of creating scripts and scenarios using these techniques, demonstrate their application, and allow participants an opportunity to practice script development and to reflect on the process.