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Making a Leap - Theatre of Empowerment: A Practical Handbook for Creative Drama Work with Young People

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I have been wanting to devise a performance piece with my 8th graders for years. This is a step by step guide on how to create your own play. It's fantastic.

The book is intended as a guidebook for drama coaches working with young people who are homeless, drug addicted, or afflicted in some other way. The word "psychodrama" is never used. The authors do not explain whether they disapprove of the word or whether they think the scope of the book falls outside of the definition of the term.

The first section deals with public relations. The second section deals with indoor games which might be used in an encounter group or a convention workshop. Many of those games seem embarrassing to me. If the authors really thing the games provide a great enough benefit to warrant so much embarrassment, they should take the burden of proof.

The rest of the book is mostly truisms. I do not think I would get very much out of the book even if I were a member of the intended audience.