Burning Questions on Mental Illness and Creativity & Creativity in Theatre Arts

In this podcast episode Kristina and Paige join us to talk about research on the relationship between mental illness and creativity, and also some of the ways that theatre majors are especially creative. Some of the questions considered in this episode: A number of notable celebrities suffer from mental illness. Can mental illness contribute to celebrity talent and accomplishments? Does theatre make people creative? Or are creative people inexorably drawn to theatre because it ? Does creative storytelling contribute to novelty in theatrical writing, design, and performance? What are the rules of the theatrical arts and how are they mindfully broken?