Theatre at its heart is a gathering place, I have always known this. When the opportunity for me to research how people feel about that gathering place came into my life, I dove in head first. My research focuses on the relationship between community theatre and wellbeing. I make the case, that community theatre - and more broadly the arts in general - are preventative healthcare, and should be funded as such.
Theatre is Preventative Healthcare
The Argument
Community theatre isn’t a luxury. It is preventative healthcare, and it deserves to be funded to reflect that.
My full thesis makes the evidence-based care for treating community theatre as a form of preventative healthcare and recommendations to build a stronger future for community arts.
