Teaching and Rehearsing Collaboration

Graduate programs training dramaturgs must be revisited to address our multi-voiced identity as artists through methodologies to teach collaboration. The article outlines one such method. Dedicated to eradicating boundaries between critical thinking and creativity, the method involves the application of improvisation skills to conversation. The pedagogy begins with defining and describing both collaboration and creativity, through study of theory, research and case studies. The author then take students through two series of exercisesÑinspired by the improvisation work of Keith JohnstoneÑfashioned to instill collaborative skills. The first set relies on theatre games and the second engenders what is termed collaborative dialogues.