A process drama uses interactive theater to immerse students in a story, problem, and often role-work. Because process dramas often create fictional worlds, students can “try on” other roles and ideas which depart from their own, offering a multitude of opportunities for building empathy, investigating new perspectives, and applying the circumstances to the real world. In these series of professional development videos and guides, educators will learn to brainstorm and practice process dramas for their classrooms.
The Videos
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The Process Drama Creation Activity Plan Guide
This document includes a variety of lessons and walks the reader through all the videos linked above.
About Meghan Grover
Meghan Grover (she/her/they/them) is a teaching artist, performer, and director with a passion for devised theater, process dramas, and community-based work. Meghan works as an educator with Convent of the Sacred Heart, Park Avenue Youth Theater, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company, NYC Children’s Theater, Bluelaces Theater Company, Girls Leadership, Chickenshed NYC, and AMIOS. They graduated from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program and are currently getting their MA in Applied Theatre at CUNY. Meghan is the co-creator and facilitator of ‘Devising Our Future,’ which creates original theater with high school students that centers their dialogue, ideas, and actions about the future they want. Meghan is also the co-creator and facilitator of the ‘Defrost Project,’ which focuses on community-based work in rural Minnesota. The Southwest Minnesota Arts Council awarded the Defrost Project grants in 2020 and 2021, so Meghan will continue their work in Milan, Minnesota this summer. Meghan also loves process dramas, which use interactive theater techniques to immerse people in a problem, story, or series of themes. Meghan has co-created and performed process dramas at Baruch College, Hook & Eye Theater Company, the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, and schools across NYC and northeast Ohio.