Drama as Therapy: Professor Leads Theater Workshops to Benefit Immigrants
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