Telepresencial Reprise Theater in COVID-19 times

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Psicodrama (Impresso) Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 142 - 153
• Main Authors: Rosane Rodrigues, Eduardo Tessari Coutinho, Janaína Cristina Barêa, Alexandre de Oliveira e Aguiar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Federacao Brasileira de Psicodrama 01-07-2020
• ISSN: 2318-0498
• DOI: 10.15329/2318-0498.20836

In times of quarantine due to COVID-19, it is essential to explore tools to face the psychosocial challenges caused by social isolation and new routines. It is worth emphasizing to seek ways for meeting the needs of getting together, taking advantage of technological resources. The objective of this work is to present and discuss an adaptation of the Reprise Theater with telepresence resources. We used the method of action research. The specific intervention was an initiative by a group of users of a cultural center, where face-to-face Public Psychodramas regularly occur. As from the psychodrama view, this paper discusses the implications and possibilities of using a technological platform, the roles of the people involved, and the possibility of new sociometries, in an intervention.