 PURPOSE OF SCHOLARSHIP: There is a marked need for deeper exploration of classical theatre literature as it influences, elaborates, and affirms the basic role of theatre arts in our work as Drama Therapists. Theatre literature has influenced many of our great psychologists and psychiatrists. What influenced Freud’s recognition and naming of the “Oedipal Complex?” Is it through his knowledge of Greek theatre and plays by Sophocles? What is the relevance of Euripedes’ Medea to women’s issues of today? How does Shakespeare’s Hamlet and King Lear contribute to our insights into mental health and mental illness? What can we learn of human relationships from European and Russian plays of the 19th and 20th centuries by such authors as Hauptmann, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wedekind, Garcia Lorca, Sartre, and Beckett which deal with human tragedies of their times and ours? WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Registered Drama Therapists working on Continuing Education and Graduate Students preparing for careers as Drama Therapist either through an approved NADT university program or through the NADT alternative training program. CRITERIA: This scholarship is designed to contribute tuition toward a graduate course in Great Theatre Literature OR an in-depth independent study of at least three Greek plays guided by a psychological text discussing the plays or three plays of Shakespeare guided by a psychological text. AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP: up to $400.00. APPLICATION DEADLINE: ROLLING SUBMISSION EVALUATION: Applications and essays will be reviewed by a team of three registered drama therapists. APPLICATION
PROCESS: Send contact information page along with a letter of
intent which includes: Send the above information to: dtfund@dramatherapyfund.org Or four hard copies via post to: Sally Bailey, Treasurer |
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