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Scholarship July 3, 2025

Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual 1st Edition

The Wabash Center

Author
Rohd, Michael
Publisher
Heinemann Publishing, Portsmouth, NH
ISBN
9780325000022
Table of Contents
Forward (Doug Paterson)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

ch. 1 Warm-ups
Energy and Focus Work
Circle Dash
Cover the Space
Tilt
Defender
Blind Handshakes
Minefield
Zip Zap Zop
Donkey
Machine

ch. 2 Trust Work
Trust Circle
Trust Falls
Blind (No Contact)
Find Your Mother Like a Little Penguin
Glass Cobra
Circle Height
Falling
Storytelling
Tour of a Place

ch. 3 Bridge Work
Environment
Values Clarification
Two Revelations
Complete the Image
Sculpting
Machine
Monologue Work

ch. 4 Improvisation
Activity/Urgency
Relationship Wheel
Russel's Soup (A/B)
Line Improvs
Exit
Entrance
Image Alive
Line/Location/Theme

ch. 5 Activating Material
Monologues
Sculpting
Machine
Small Groups

ch. 6 Facilitation

ch. 7 Peer Education

ch. 8 One Last Story

Appendix A: Performance Workshop Feedback Sheet
Appendix B: Sample Plans
Appendix C: Resources: Books
Appendix D: Resources: Contacts
The first step forward in working with today's youth is to create a dialogue, and that is exactly what this exciting new book does. It 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.

The purpose of this manual is to provide a clear look at the process and specifics involved in the Hope Is Vital interactive theatre techniques. The organization is sequential, providing a blueprint for creating a workable plan. Beginning with warm-up exercises and bridging activities, the process moves forward to improvisational scenework, where students actually replace characters in the stories. It is at this point that young people engage in their own mini-theatre and look at choices, strategies, and communication.

Teachers will want to read this book. Counselors will want to read this book. Community leaders will want to read this book. It is useful in any group setting or as a tool for outreach. (From the Publisher)