Adam Blatner


Adam Blatner, a Certified Trainer of Psychodrama and a psychology theorist. He is the author of the book Acting In, first published in 1973, which became the primary textbook for students of Psychodrama. He also wrote a number of other books and dozens of journal articles and chapters in textbooks, including the book The Art of Play.
Blatner has written papers and presented talks on a wide range of subjects, including Process philosophy, Postmodernism, and Scriptology. He became close friends with philosopher Charles Hartshorne in the final years of Hartshorne's life, helping him at his home in Austin, Texas.

Education

Acting-In: Practical Applications of Psychodramatic Methods, 3rd Edition. New York: Springer. 218 pages.. Also published in Korean, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, and Chinese.
Foundations of Psychodrama: History, Theory, and Practice. New York: Springer, 2000, 320 pp. Also in Portuguese, Korean, Finnish, Turkish, Hungarian, Spanish and Chinese.
The Art of Play: Helping Adults Reclaim Imagination and Spontaneity. co-authored with Allee Blatner New York: Brunner/Routledge-Taylor & Francis.
: Varieties of Applied Theatre and Performance..