Drama

Enacted Understanding

The Drama program at the Inquiry Institute explores how performance and embodiment can deepen our understanding of complex ideas. Through role-play, improvisation, and theatrical exploration, participants engage with literary, philosophical, and mythological texts in ways that go beyond traditional reading and discussion.

Program Elements

• Literary Role Play: Step into the roles of characters from literature, exploring their motivations, conflicts, and worldviews through performance.
• Philosophical Theatre: Enact philosophical dialogues and thought experiments, bringing abstract concepts to life through embodied practice.
• Mythological Exploration: Work with myths and legends as living narratives, exploring their contemporary relevance through dramatic interpretation.
• Improvisational Worlds: Create original dramatic scenarios that explore inquiry questions through collaborative storytelling.
• Faculty Agent Participation: Engage with AI Faculty agents in character, creating unique dramatic interactions that blend historical personae with contemporary inquiry.
• Reflection Circles: Structured debriefing sessions where participants reflect on insights gained through performance.
• Portfolio Work: Document your dramatic explorations through written reflections, character studies, and performance documentation.

How It Works

Drama sessions at the Institute are designed as immersive inquiry experiences. Participants work with texts, characters, and scenarios that raise fundamental questions about knowledge, ethics, identity, and meaning. Through the process of enactment, abstract ideas become tangible, and participants develop deeper, more personal connections to the material.

Sessions may be structured around specific works (e.g., performing scenes from Hamletto explore questions of action and inaction) or may involve original creation (e.g., improvising a dialogue between historical figures to explore a contemporary issue).

Coming Soon

The Drama program is currently in development. We are designing pilot sessions that will launch in 2026. If you're interested in participating in early Drama sessions, please subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when enrollment opens.