Play Development Lab

In theatre we’re fond of saying the show MUST go on.” Starting today, let’s get in the habit of asking “but at what cost”.

NEW Article alert…”Theatre Performers Wellbeing: why it’s just as important as yours”

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Theatre Performers Wellbeing: why it’s just as important as yours In theatre we’re fond of saying the show MUST go on.” Starting today, let’s get in the habit of asking “but at what cost”.

It’s official…

“Building bridges between arts, culture and science.”

Founded in 2024 by Professor Denise J. Hart, Restorative Theatre Performance Project (RTPP), is a collaborative arts-based research initiative that employs restorative practices to build bridges between arts, culture and science to engender social change.

Restorative practices have ancient roots in Indigenous cultures worldwide that focus on repairing harm. It employs the idea that a thriving community is interconnected and when harm occurs it does not simply affect those involved, but the entire community.

The arts are inherently multi-disciplinary and have always been used to incite change, thus, RTPP develops arts centric multi-disciplinary programming and provides performing arts training reimagined that uses restorative practices to offer the arts community new paradigms for ways of thinking, knowing and being.

Denise is experienced in creating transformational trainings that support arts leaders, educators and practitioners, helping them learn from the past, create meaningful change and elevate organizational narrative and image.

Through its programming and training RTPP seeks to disrupt and intervene to create social change for the betterment of humanity.

Completed my reading and citation note taking for the day. My co-author and I are writing an article exploring the use of restorative practices to address harm in theatre training programs!

join us 1/12/26 using this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85720822549