Investigating perception through theatre, sound, and sensory attention.
Charles Peoples III
Assistant Professor of M/Theater
UMASS Amherst
Portfolio
Threshold of Resonance (2025)
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(a)temporalities (2023)
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The Institute for Somatic Sound (2026)
www.SomaSound.org/
Sound Study Findings (2025)
Dartmouth College IRB-Approved Pilot Study (n=15)
87%
(13/15 Participants)
reported physical relaxation & calm
“I feel so much better...just drifting.”
-Study Participant
“I definitely feel very relaxed. Like a blank slate.”
-Study Participant
73%
(11/15 Participants)
reported quieter thoughts
“There’s like an undercurrent throughout a lot of my days, and now I feel...like I’ve been able to let go of that.”
-Study Participant
“It almost feels like my thoughts... were all accordion...and this kind of let me stretch it out. It was just one thought at a time...Which is really nice.”
-Study Participant
67%
(10/15 Participants)
reported interoception / somatic awareness
“I have an awareness of a body that I don’t normally have sometimes.”
-Study Participant
“Way more in my body.”
-Study Participant
Charles Peoples III
Theatremaker & Interdisciplinary Artist
