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Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina

July 6, 2015Last updated July 15, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

For a few weeks, Eastern Mennonite University’s playback theatre troupe envisioned their next storytelling event at the Wild Goose Festival as revolving around the festival’s theme: Blessed are the peacemakers. Fitting, especially, for

Transdisciplinary seminar on adverse childhood experiences teaches future health professionals unique diagnostic tools

July 2, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

What if a traumatic childhood event could be contributing to health problems? Wouldn’t listening and learning from a patient about that experience be as valuable for diagnostic purposes to a

Mortal clocks ticking in EMU’S “Hickorydickory”

March 11, 2015Last updated March 26, 2015 by Florence Barrett

In the play “Hickorydickory,” normal people have mortal clocks behind their hearts. But others have clocks in their heads and they can hear the maddening ticking. Worse yet, they know

Upcoming Writers Read author and English professor Mark Bauerlein to speak on humanities in the digital age

January 29, 2015Last updated February 6, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Take a minute and read this book title: The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (or Don’t Trust Anyone under 30). Chances are those words

Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

June 2, 2014Last updated June 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each

Two pioneers of Playback Theatre – evoking understanding, empathy and change – will be teaching at SPI 2014

February 20, 2014Last updated March 7, 2014 by Paul Souder

Imagine a theatrical performance with no starting script. Several actors listen intently to a volunteer from the audience tell a first-person story. On the cue, “Let’s watch,” the actors interpret

Student writes unflinching play, now staged, about 17-year-old dying of cancer

December 5, 2013Last updated December 9, 2013 by Therran M. Dennis

Two weeks before his senior thesis project due date, Eastern Mennonite University senior theater and writing studies major Michael Bodner decided on a path he’d never tread: He wanted to

Students make ‘As You Like It’ creatively their own at two-week camp, culminating in show, Aug. 28, 30 and 31

August 30, 2013Last updated September 16, 2013 by Candace Sipos

For Izzy Howard, it’s hard to choose between her passion for play writing and her love of performing. Lucky for her, she doesn’t have to. For the past two years,

Updated: NYC Director Brings Rich Background to “Arms and the Man,” April 5-6

March 25, 2013Last updated April 16, 2013 by Mike Zucconi

The lovely leading lady must choose between two men – one viewed as a war hero, though he is foolhardy, and one viewed as a coward, hiding with chocolates on

Play Looks at Plight of Immigrants Seeking the “American Dream”

October 9, 2012Last updated October 26, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

“No Roosters in the Desert,” a play revolving around the plight of four women trekking across the Sonoran desert towards the “American dream,” will open the 2012-13 MainStage season at

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