University/Organization
Bacone College

Title I
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Using Improvisation to Foster Creativity in College Students

Synopsis
As part of a series of classes designed to encourage the development of creativity in students with no background in the arts, Creativity: Improvisation uses theatre games and improvisational techniques to develop a new openness to thinking outside the box and making creative life choices.

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Title II
First I Talk, Then You Talk: An Interactive Method of Teaching Playwriting to Novices

Synopsis
This interactive workshop demonstrates a fun way to begin a Playwriting unit for students who have limited knowledge of theatre in general or playwriting in particular. It is suitable and effective both for inexperienced students in an Introduction to Theatre class and for theatre majors in their first Playwriting endeavor.

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