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How theater can help communities heal from the losses and trauma of the pandemic

  • Written by Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
How theater can help communities heal from the losses and trauma of the pandemicCommunity storytelling can help participants remember, cope with and heal from traumatic experiences.Marc Romanelli/Getty Images

President Joe Biden began his presidency by memorializing the 400,000 American lives that had been lost up to that point to COVID-19. The ceremony, held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, was arguably the first...

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