Forum Theater Seeks a Comfortable Approach to PMS
A few days before my period, I’m...

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Name of the organization or individual

Minori Osako

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year individual

FY 2023 2nd Startup Subsidy

Forum Theater is playing.

Participants talking about their impressions of the play with the distributed script in their hands

a participant plays a role for an actor

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Business Overview

Using the framework of participatory theater called "forum theater," this theater project explores a comfortable way of dealing with PMS through "acting" and "talking". The participants watch a short play of about five minutes that extracts the uncontrolled mental and physical disorder of the premenstrual period and the accompanying relationship troubles, and discuss their feelings. From the second performance onwards, he raises his hand at a moment of confusion and acts for the actor to present his own solution. It is a place for all participants to think together, using the fictitious nature of theater as a buffer, in order to face up to the delicate issues that many people are worried about even though it is difficult to say publicly. Facilitator: Minori Osako Script: Saki Sakamoto (I don't want to sleep tomorrow.) Actor: Rinka Futaki/Aizawai Project Team: Keion Fukuhara/Yuka Matsui Sponsor: Minori Osako Cosponsors: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Graffico Co., Ltd.

implementation period

Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 21st (Sun)

Place of implementation

(tefu) yoyogi uehara (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Minori Osako]
Stage planning producer. He is an assistant in the Department of Drama, Faculty of Art, Nihon University.
Graduated from the planning and production course of the drama department of Nihon University in 2022.
During his studies, he specialized in theater planning and production, and worked on the production of same-day productions and independent performances. He won the Faculty of Art Award for his graduation work.
He conducts research on applied theater, focusing on "audience's active participation in theater". In August 2023, she worked as a facilitator and assistant at the Japan Playwrights Association's Forum Theater on Harassment in the Field of Theater.