Or, a group of people could be asked to plan a celebration for a returning astronaut or an explorer who has brought a very mysterious object back from the journey. A much admired form of drama presented at the festivals in ancient Greece was tragedy. Create a collective creation that involves a tragedy or crisis of some kind. Just as Greek theatre was a reflection of its time and place, create a collective creation that is a reflection of the students' time and place. Perform the collective outdoors as part of an arts festival.
All dramatic artists seek to uncover meaning.
Drama causes people to ask questions, explore situations and think about human experience. Ask students to recall the various dramas they have created in previous classes. Provide them with the following three statements. Drama is a symbolic representation of experience. Drama is an art form that is concerned with the representation of people in time and space, their actions and the consequences of their actions.