{"id":79549,"date":"2025-07-22T09:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/?p=79549"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:29:26","slug":"finding-community-and-wellness-with-theatre-and-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/2025\/07\/22\/finding-community-and-wellness-with-theatre-and-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouver une communaut\u00e9 et le bien-\u00eatre avec le th\u00e9\u00e2tre et la m\u00e9decine"},"content":{"rendered":"

At first glance, theatre and medicine may seem worlds apart. But not for Dr. Lisa Habermehl and a few like-minded colleagues in Kenora who came together to create a new theatre company\u2014<\/span>So I Guess We\u2019re Doing This?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The theatre company aims to foster creativity by blending the worlds of performing arts and medicine. While they may serve different functions, both medicine and theatre rely on collaboration, empathy and human connection, while coming together to achieve a common goal.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Habermehl, Assistant Professor at NOSM University, has practised family medicine for more than two decades and contributes to medical policy. She says theatre allows physicians to express themselves and take on new roles. \u201cHaving an outlet for creativity and art can be helpful for physicians who often work in high stakes environments. While medicine is often about urgent decisions and high stakes, theatre is really building something, growing a foundation, and creating together with a community,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first original production by the company, \u201cFinding Richard Close,\u201d explores complicated family relationships and the tensions between loved ones. The play tells the story of two estranged siblings who are brought together to manage the final affairs of their dying mother. They find a document written by their mother with clues about their family. The document sends the siblings on a journey to find Richard Close and the secrets he might be holding.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFinding Richard Close\u201d is the first play written by Dr. Habermehl.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The cast includes Dr. Jonny Grek (an Assistant Professor at NOSM University), Derek Favreau, and Dylan Shumka-White, fellow Kenora actors and community members. The theatre company will be performing at <\/span>The Winnipeg Fringe Festival<\/span><\/a>, which runs from July 16 \u2013 27. There will also be <\/span>performances<\/span><\/a> in Kenora from August 21-23.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Habermehl encourages other physicians to tap into their artistic and creative sides. Founding <\/span>So I Guess We\u2019re Doing This?<\/span><\/i> has given her a new outlook on life. \u201cIt has been the most invigorating and lovely thing I have done in my adult life.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She notes that participating in <\/span>arts\u00a0can support physicians’ wellness and reduce burnout. \u201cParticularly in Northern Ontario where many deeply creative people work in our medical community.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At first glance, theatre and medicine may seem worlds apart. But not for Dr. Lisa Habermehl and a few like-minded colleagues in Kenora who came together to create a new theatre company\u2014So I Guess We\u2019re Doing This?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The theatre company aims to foster creativity by blending the worlds of performing arts and medicine. While they … Continue reading Trouver une communaut\u00e9 et le bien-\u00eatre avec le th\u00e9\u00e2tre et la m\u00e9decine<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[403,16],"tags":[458,459,456,457],"class_list":["post-79549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-stories","category-spotlight","tag-community-service","tag-kenora","tag-medicine","tag-theatre"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79549"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79555,"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79549\/revisions\/79555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nosm.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}