Members of SENSE Theatre performed songs from their production of "The Wizard of OZ" this week at the UC Davis MIND Institute.
The cast members were at the MIND Institute on Monday for a tour of the facility and, as part of their visit, performed some of their favorite songs from the show for staff, patients and family members.
SENSE Theatre is a theatrical intervention research program designed to improve the social and emotional functioning of children with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. The SENSE Theatre is part of research conducted by Blythe Corbett, a pediatric neuropsychologist at UC Davis MIND Institute. The theatre had a recent production of "The Wizard of OZ" at the Magic Circle Theatre in Roseville. The cast included 15 participants with autism.
Corbett's research arises from the Social Emotional NeuroScience Endocrinology (SENSE) lab, where she focuses on social behavior, emotion perception and stress. Corbett is a former professional actor and writer with a long-standing love for the theatre. The SENSE Theatre program allows her to bridge the worlds of art and science to provide a unique therapeutic environment for children to learn how to think, feel and express in new and meaningful ways.
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