Audience members donated more to charity after seeing theatre. Verkkothrough the craft of narration, theater offers a reflection of society, mirroring our hopes, apprehensions, and ambitions. Verkkolong before the emergence of experimental psychology, philosophers and other armchair theorists attested to the transformative powers of. The effect size of the impact. Verkkothe broad scope of benefits for participants doing these methods of theatre of the oppressed are described in the literature as: Gaining more social and. Verkkoour findings indicated that active theatre participation significantly improved participants’ empathic abilities, social communication, tolerance, and. Verkkothe transformative power of fiction has been acknowledged since antiquity (jaén and simon, 2012) and technologies such as cinematography have. Verkkocan attending live theatre improve empathy by immersing audience members in the stories of others? We tested this question across three field studies. Verkkowatching a live theatre production can increase empathy for the groups depicted in the plays and may even result in real changes in charitable.
