Theater and Human Flourishing

This volume, part of the Humanities and Human Flourishing series, is an edited collection focused on the significance of theater in regard to wellbeing and human flourishing. Bridging new scholarship in psychology and positive psychology, with new perspectives in theater and performance studies, this volume features eleven prominent theater and performance studies scholars who offer original, previously unpublished examinations of the social benefits of theater and performance. This volume explores the question: Why is theater considered a "social good"? And what makes theater a valuable contribution to happiness and wellbeing?