Mental health as a creative process: drama workshops with young people

The KUFER theater company is the initiator of the project "Mental health as a creative process: drama workshops with young people" in cooperation with partners SPID , BoliMe and KunstTeatr! The program of drama workshops lasts one year through five separate cycles, with five different playwrights, a psychologist, a director and professional actors. It is dedicated for young people aged 18 to 25, workshops are free. Workshops are held only online, twice a week in the evening. Each workshop lasts two months, and within this two-month cycle each student is instructed in the creative process of playwriting, provided with the tools for creating a playwright and learn how to transfer their own doubts, thoughts and emotions to paper and turn them into a stage situation or a new playwriting. The focus of the workshop will be on drama writing exercises and template analysis. In addition to drama workshops, participants had the opportunity to participate in three participatory forums "TALK x mzkp.hr" which led by experts in the field of mental health of young people.