ABSTRACT
During the course of certain creative drama exercises, a formal and less formal structure of interaction can be explored by members of the group. Embodiment-Projection-Role (EPR) is a very useful developmental structure that can be used with any type of group and ensures that drama group leader follow a developmental progression in the groupwork. EPR follows the same developmental sequence that takes place in child development from birth to 7 years. This chapter shows the importance in the sequencing of EPR and how leader can use the sequence to structure their sessions: starting with movement and physical warm-ups, then moving on to drawing and painting and then to playing roles. In creative drama groups, individuals may be found to have difficulty in making connections between the internal and external facets. Others may have developed rigid and fixed roles in early life; or else inappropriate roles have emerged, often through inadequate or faulty 'modelling'.
