The Add Verb Process provides a uniquely effective, safe, and constructive way to talk about difficult issues. Our process begins with you deciding to talk about a tough issue and ends with a long-term, meaningful conversation that helps to strengthen your community. And throughout the process, Add Verb Productions provides the how-to and support to pull it off without a hitch.

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1. Book a Show. Once you make the decision to talk about the issue in your community, get in touch with Add Verb Productions. We’ll assign you a booking agent who will help with everything from contracts to funding/sponsorship ideas to block booking discounts.

2. Prepare and Promote. After the contract secured, your booking agent will work directly with your site coordinator to prepare the community, arrange for local advocates to attend, and provide you with promotional materials to publicize the show to your community.

3. Performance of Play and Post-Play Discussion. Add Verb’s professional actor(s) present(s) a carefully constructed script designed to educate and empower the audience around a particular issue (eating disorders, dating violence, and domestic violence screening in the health care sector). Directly after the play, local advocates, agencies, and health professionals provide an interactive forum to explore audience questions and reactions.

4. Post-play Curriculum and Connection. Teachers and students are able to continue the conversation in the classroom, through Add Verb’s supplementary curricula designed to augment the educational value of the play.  And by including the presence of local resource, you help to support the administration, faculty, and audience members as a whole to better understand how these advocates are available for consultation and immediate help.