It is a way to escape and channel emotions. Just like any other art form. Theater allows people to get involved. Uta Hagen, theater teacher and legend, says it's not about losing yourself in the character, but finding yourself in the character. Uta Hagen explains in her book Respect for Acting that emotions occur when something happens to people. It temporarily suspends control of the person's reasoning and is unable to deal with it logically. He says to use a release object (acting out) to bring out emotions such as triggers or a physical action. Furthermore, he says there is no time to wander in past adventures; you shouldn't have to deal with something buried. He's basically saying to transfer emotions into art. Relieves pain. This can be done with any art form. But theater allows an actor to be someone else and truly live in the moment. In a recent interview with G-Star School of the Arts teacher Brian Edgecomb, he discussed how he has seen theater heal itself and students. Edgecomb said he lost his mother at a young age and felt alone. He discovered theater in his adolescence and said he had never felt so alive. As if his mother was always by his side. He took the character's circumstances and found himself in them. As for the students, he says there are many who arrive extremely shy and anxious. They are starting something new and scary for them. After a few months he saw a drastic change in them. As if they were completely different people. They were outgoing, confident and fearless. Its goals are to push every young student out of their comfort zone, which is exactly what theater does