English CMDW. Dramatic Writing for Social Change

Instructor: Ricardo Pérez González 
Tuesday, 12:00-2:45 pm | Location: TBD
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students

Stories are a fundamental unit of cultural communication. Our shared cultural mythology is how we disseminate communal values. This course is about harnessing that power as a way to inform, interrogate, and impact. In this workshop style class, students will survey modalities of dramatic writing (theatre, film and TV) as well as embodiment techniques (playback theatre, theatre of the oppressed, improvisation, etc.) in order to apply them within a healthcare context. Classes will alternate between focusing on the craft of writing one day and embodiment explorations the next. This is a practical course, and though underpinned by theory, students will produce a work of dramatic writing, and, taking into account their abilities, engage in physical theatre exercises.

Supplemental Application Information: This course will be taught by Ricardo Pérez González, MFA. To enroll in the course, please contact the instructor at Ricardo_Perez-Gonzalez@hms.harvard.edu for enrollment details and course information. 

This course is also offered as TDM 167sc. 

This course is also offered through the Harvard Medical School as MMH 712.