Totally True Things: A Socially Conscious Storytelling Show and Lifestage, Inc
present
ANATOMY OF A DOLL
written & performed by Terri Muuss
This is a recorded video of a live performance. The link to watch and to complete the online evaluation will be emailed to you when registration is confirmed.
NYS Social Workers can earn 1.5 contact hours of Continuing Ed (provider #0270)
Anatomy of a Doll is Terri Muuss' autobiographical poetic one-woman piece that illustrates the connection between childhood sexual abuse and the abuse of substances as a method of coping. She received grants from New York Fellowship of the Arts and Poets and Writers for its initial performances and received The Daily News’ “Best Theatre-Pick of the Week” in 1998.
This show has been performed at conferences, theatres and universities throughout the US and Canada over the past 22 years. Marlene Gregory, LCSW-R, Director of Rape Crisis and Community Services at VIBS Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services, described this show at “captivating, providing unique insight, and allowing the audience a brief but powerful glimpse into the experience of child sex abuse survivors. Terri has such a talent for making audience members feel as if they are re-visiting the events of her past right beside her, and conference attendees raved about the increased level of empathy and understanding they had gained by hearing her speak."
Post-show Discussion features:
Staci Block, MSW, LCSW coordinator and founder of the Reflections and RISE (Reflections Interactive Summer Experience) programs, of the Bergen County Division of Family Guidance in Hackensack, New Jersey. She is also the director of Creative Interventions, which provides interactive training, and improvised performances for school assembly programs, conferences, staff development and community events. Staci provides consulting and technical assistance for those interested in developing interactive theatrical troupes. As an adjunct professor at William Paterson University, she teaches social work and human services classes. Her expertise involves group work and using action methods in team building and developing peer leaders. Publications include: Block, S.(2019). Social work and the arts: A theatre –based prevention /intervention program L. Grobman (Ed.), Days in the Lives of Social Workers 62 Professionals Tell “Real Life” Stories from Social Work Practice (134-139) (5thedition) Harrisburg, PA: The New Social Worker Press ; Block, S. (2007). Reflections: A teen issues improv troupe: A. Blatner and D. Wiener (Eds.), Interactive & Improvisational Drama: Varieties of Applied Theatre and Performance (56-65) Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, Inc.; Block, S. (1999). Is there life after Reflections? Interactive Improv Theatre News, Volume 7 (2), 3-4
