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Featured by the Scottish Daily Record, the Trojan Women Project highlights how therapeutic theatre can foster connection, belonging, and resilience for people rebuilding their lives after displacement. Bringing together refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan, the project uses Euripides’ The Trojan Women as a creative framework for participants to transform their own stories of survival and new beginnings into a public performance. Read more at

Dr. Ravindra Ranasinha, who represents the Sri Lanka Association for Drama Therapy on the WADth board, has been spearheading a pilot initiative to use a six part drama therapy model with officers of Sri Lanka's Office of Unity and National Reconciliation (ONUR). Their hope is that this collaboration will foster a heightened capacity for peacemaking among the officers, allowing them to hold dialogue and navigate cultural and religious complexity absolutely critical to the wide

Caelum A'Hearn, LP, practices Drama Therapy in New York at One Brooklyn Health Interfaith Medical Center. They view the Creative arts therapies as important for overall mental and emotional health due to their accessibility, bridging of a "universal" language of art, dance, music, storytelling, drama, and play. This practitioner supports patients in exploring and defining their own healing goals while fostering relationships, community, and care. Drama Therapists, such as Cae

This study seeks to contribute to drama therapy practice in South Africa by emphasizing play as a vital process for self-discovery and emotional well-being. This is especially salient within a post-colonial, post-Apartheid South African context where historical traumas and socioeconomic disparities persist and challenge South African communities’ mental health. The findings suggest that play is a powerful mechanism for awakening the inner child in adults, facilitating emotion

In August, Fordham Professor Fadi Skeiker, P.h.D, held a one-week applied theater workshop with Grupo de Mujeres Latinas, a support program run by the Belmont Catholic Community in the Bronx for immigrant Latina women dealing with childhood trauma, limited education, single motherhood, and other struggles. Applied theatre is a broader, often community-based practice aimed at social change, education, or activism, frequently involving non-traditional spaces and collective stor

This randomized controlled trial examined the effects of drama therapy on depressive symptoms, attention, and quality of life in patients with senile dementia. Researchers observed significant improvement just 8 weeks through the program and sustained improvement at the 12-week mark. The authors hope that the findings of this study provide a reference for the intervention method, content, frequency, and timing of drama therapy in patients with dementia. Lin, L.-W., Lui Y.-H.,

During the earliest days of the war, alongside the first waves of displacement, a therapeutic theatre team was driven by one central question: "How can we help restore a sense of safety, expression, and joy for children living through extreme disruption and fear?" From this need, the Ibtesamat Tifl (Child Smile) initiative began working directly in the field, reaching children where they were and creating safe, warm spaces grounded in play, drawing, storytelling, and emotiona

This explanatory mixed methods study aimed to assess the feasibility and cultural acceptability of delivering integrative art and drama therapy to children in Jordan within a school setting. Researchers found that integrating art and drama therapy into school-based mental health programs could provide a structured environment for sustained therapeutic engagement, promoting better long-term outcomes for children. Children in Jordan experiencing emotional and behavioral challen

This qualitative study examined how Individuals with diagnosed Personality Disorders (PDs) perceive drama therapy and its associated effects. Respondents indicated that they found that drama therapy allowed for playfulness, enabled them to connect their inner and outer emotional worlds, understand maladaptive coping styles, and change intrapersonal and interpersonal behavior. de Gruijter, E., Wouters, H., & Haeyen, S. (2024). Perceived effects of drama therapy in people diagn