Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed Conference, July 2026:
Session entitled: Wounded Healers and White Whales:
Moby-Dick, Forum Theater and Inside-Out Dialogues
Session entitled: Wounded Healers and White Whales:
Moby-Dick, Forum Theater and Inside-Out Dialogues
Paul Draus led a workshop that used scenes from the novel, developed in the prison context, to explore themes of meaning created within situations of confinement. He engaged the attendees in reflective dialogue, demonstrating how dialogic theater empowers voices marginalized by carceral systems, but also raising questions concerning the limitations of art as agency.
Paul Draus attended two "Moby Dick Marathon" readings, August 1 (Mystic Seaport Muesum, Mystic, CT) and August 2 (Herman Melville's Arrowhead, Pittsfield, MA) and read several chapters See link below for video from Pittsfield Community Television, part 22, starting at minute 44:30: https://pittsfieldtv.org/gallery/moby-dick-read-a-thon-2026/,