Drama Therapy Review
Drama Therapy Review (Journal)
Drama Therapy Review (DTR) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal committed to documenting and disseminating drama therapy research, promoting scholarship about drama therapy theory and practice, encouraging interdisciplinary dialogue and providing a forum for lively debate in the field. DTR is the journal of the North American Drama Therapy Association.
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
Drama Therapy Review is published in partnership with the North American Drama Therapy Association. Drama Therapy Review (DTR) documents and disseminates research on the relationship between drama, theatre and wellness. The aim of this journal is to encourage scholarship about drama therapy theory and practice, facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and provide a forum for lively debate in the field. DTR profiles and critically reflects upon current and emerging practices involving the therapeutic uses of improvisation, playwriting, directing and performance in health, educational, community, organizational and theatre contexts.
The primary audience consists of practitioners, educators and scholars of drama therapy, health practitioners and policy makers, theatre makers, applied theatre and allied arts practitioners, and cultural workers interested in the health benefits and risks associated with drama and performance. Contributors include eminent theorists, educators and practitioners in the field but the journal also features innovative work from lesser-known authors.
The editorial board assesses articles for the quality of scholarly and critical content. The principal language is English; however, the journal will consider articles in other languages for which reviewers can be accessed, with abstracts in English. Abstracts will be translated into French and Spanish where possible. Editorial assistance may be given to those whose work is worthy of inclusion, but for whom the language of the article is not their first, or for whom the written word is not their forte. There is an explicit policy of making the articles stylistically accessible and readable to the range of readership.
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
Upcoming special issues
Issue 6.1: Performance, Technology and New Media
Submission deadline: 1 August 2019
In this special issue of Drama Therapy Review, we ask how technological shifts inform pedagogy, practice, research and performance in drama therapy. Our screens have become the fractured lens through which we understand the world raising important questions about why, when, how, where and with whom performance unfolds in drama therapy and how the practice of drama therapy itself is performed. How do we contend with the rapid absorption of images in our lives and the lives of those we serve? How are these images manifest in the physical, projective and aesthetic choices, roles, and scenes that arise in the therapeutic encounter and in performance? What are the therapeutic dimensions of the virtual playspace? What are the ethical, clinical, pedagogical, social, aesthetic and ontological issues that need to be considered? We welcome current research and creative contributions that address the impact of performance and/or the intersections of drama therapy, technology and new media.
Issue 7.1: Drama Therapy and Older Adults
Submission deadline: 1 August 2020
Guest Editors: Jennie Smith-Peers, MA, Past Executive Director of the National Center for Creative Aging and Andrew Gaines, PhD, RDT, Theatre and Communication, Grays Harbor College
This special issue of Drama Therapy Review seeks research on the impact of drama therapy on the health and well-being of older adults. Drama therapy can help older adults successfully adapt and solve problems, reappraise perceptions and become more equipped to expand the roles they play. It remains important to demonstrate the efficacy of drama therapy with older adults across a variety of community, educational and clinical settings. Contributors are encouraged to present new and emerging evidence about the role drama therapy plays toward the health and quality of life of older adults and their families. We seek scholarship that investigates and explores wellness across eight dimensions: emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual. How does drama and theatre nurture human development, foster intergenerational exchange, activate resilience and dismantle ageism?
General issues
DTR welcomes contributions from a wide range of scholarly work including, but not limited to:
- Scholarly articles – quantitative, qualitative, arts-based, mix-methods, critical and analytical essays.
- Performance and book reviews
- Artistic content – performance texts, scores, scripts, digital art, recordings of performances.
- Digital video – video essays, short documentaries, interviews. Note, all video submissions must be submitted with an edited transcript.
- Digital audio – audio commentaries, podcasts, interviews. Note, all audio must be submitted with an edited transcript.
- Supplementary digital content – web-based projects, computer graphics, animations, visualizations, games, archives, lexicons, annotations, ethnographic research and supplemental video, audio and images.
- Interviews
- Commentaries
To submit work for consideration please download our submission guidelines and email dtr@intellectbooks.com.
Download the DTR Notes for Contributors here.
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
Editorial & Advisory Board
Daniela Bustamente
Services for the Underserved
Ronald R. Miller
McDaniel College
Fred Landers
Antioch University Seattle
Susana Pendzik
Tel Hai Academic College
Daniel Wiener
Central Connecticut State University
Gary Raucher
California Institute of Integral Studies
Jason S. Frydman
Fordham University & Molloy College
David Read Johnson
Yale University
Renee Emunah
California Institute of Integral Studies
Robert Landy
New York University
Stephen Snow
Centre for the Arts in Human Development, Concordia University
Anna Seymour
University of Roehampton
Robyn Flaum Cruz
Lesley University
Warren Nebe
University of the Witwatersrand
Phil Jones
Institute of Education
Sandrine Pitarque
Université Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle
Akeyo Onoe
Ritsumeikan University
Marc Willemsen
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Fadi Skeiker
The University of Jordan
Jaap Welten
Zuyd University
Adam Reynolds
City University of New York
Calli Armstrong
Concordia University
Kathleen Olivier
Association Nationale de Dramathérapie
Mathieu Van Der Straeten
Artevelde University College Ghent
Elizabeth McAdam
New York University
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
Contents
- Volume (4): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (4): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (3): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (3): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (2): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (2): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (1): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (1): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2015
Principal Editor
Nisha Sajnani
New York University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor & Reviews Editor
Christine Mayor
Wilfrid Laurier University
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Associate Editor
Meredith Dean
The Animation Project
dtr@intellectbooks.com
Social Media and Communications
