Catharsis Theater: A Gathering for Release, Relief, and Connection
Overview
Catharsis Theater: A Gathering for Release, Relief, and Connection
📅 Saturday, November 22, 2025
🕐 1:00–4:30 PM (Doors open 12:30 PM)
📍 Blue Door Theater | Culver City, CA
For anyone carrying loss — past, present, or yet to come.
Be witnessed. Find release. Feel less alone.
We all carry grief.
The death of someone we love.
The loss of a relationship, a home, a dream.
The slow unraveling of identity.
Burnout that will not lift.
Political heartbreak.
Spiritual drift.
Climate despair.
Even the quiet losses we cannot name but still feel in our bones.
You do not need a diagnosis to feel overwhelmed.
And not everyone wants therapy. But we all deserve a place to breathe, feel, and be witnessed.
What is Catharsis Theater?
Catharsis Theater is a safe, psychodrama-inspired, trauma-informed gathering that draws on psychodrama, sociometry, and other proven group-based methods that emerged as some of the most effective, supportive, and most widely used mental health approaches of the 20th century.
For decades, these methods have helped groups of people simultaneously get unstuck, restore connection, and move forward in grief and life. We bring them into the present — creating a space that is experiential, embodied, and shaped in real time by the people in the room.
Not therapy. Not a performance. No diagnosis. No fixing. Just truth, tenderness, and release.
Who is this for?
If you are human and feeling, you are welcome here. This space is for anyone 21+ navigating:
- Death, loss, or mourning
- Life transitions or identity shifts
- Professional grief, caregiver fatigue, or burnout
- Emotional stuckness, silence, or longing
- A world that feels like too much
What to Expect
✨ Practices to feel and processs grief safely
✨ Voluntary sharing and creative exploration
✨ Group processes that build connection
✨ Body-based tools to help you reconnect with feelings, sensations, and wellness
✨ A space to be seen without judgment or pressure
Important Notes
🧘 Participation is always voluntary — you choose your level of engagement
🤝 Please protect confidentiality for all present
💸 Free
💌 Registrants will receive directions, details, and optional prep
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Highlights
- 3 hours 30 minutes
- ages 21+
- In person
- Doors at 12:30 PM
Location
The Blue Door
9617 Venice Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
How do you want to get there?
Open Doors & Arrival
Arrive anytime during this soft opening window. Settle in with gentle music, warm tea, and quiet presence. There’s space to breathe, land, and begin letting go.
Opening Grounding & Group Guidelines
We’ll open the circle with a gentle grounding practice to bring our minds and bodies into the room. Together, we’ll review group agreements that create emotional safety, mutual respect, and choice—foundations for the deep work ahead.
Arrival into the Space: Connection & Group Warm-Up
We begin together with breath, gentle body awareness, and interactive practices drawn from sociometry and storytelling. This time is for orientation, connection, and emotional preparation—no pressure to share or perform. Just come as you are.
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