In my training group, a trainee director finished a psychodrama and left the protagonist in an auxiliary ego role.
Don't do that. It leads to role confusion and may be detrimental for the protagonist and some group members.
The protagonist may believe that you, the director, want him/her to be like the person the protagonist is playing in the auxiliary role.
End the psychodrama with the protagonist in his/her role.
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From the Presentation: ACORNography: The Theories of J. L. Moreno and Others
Unless you think it is valuable to do so! I wonder what the principals of such a decision would be?
ReplyDeleteI have done it rarely. Usually where it would undo some elements of the aesthetic and dramatic process that would undermine the work just completed.