Teens Work Through Trauma Using Theater as Therapy

FALL RIVER, Mass. — The two friends were leaving the movie theater when CJ received a phone call from his irate father. The boys rushed to his home, and after the door slammed, his friend heard a series of loud noises, like something being thrown against a hard surface.

The actors froze and the director asked the audience if someone wanted to step into the role of the friend: “What would you have done?”

“This feels so déjà vu,” one of the audience members mumbled under his breath, but didn't volunteer to get on stage.

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