Of 37 13- to 17-year-old students participating in a creative theater class, the ones with more experience scored significantly higher on creativity tests (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking and Something About Myself Checklist) than their less experienced counterparts. (CL)

Describes a cultural center in Mexico City's University City that includes a concert hall, two theaters, a library, two cinemas, a ballet hall, and an opera hall. (Author/JM)

Develops the argument that considering theatrical performances to be rhetorical transactions between actors and audiences is both inappropriate and critically unprofitable. (See EJ 240 170-173.) (PD)

Analyzes levels of audience involvement in participation theater: (1) instruction, (2) direct contact, (3) independent creative, (4) contribution of ideas, (5) representative involvement, (6) decision making, (7) story control, and (8) spontaneous involvement. Contends that participation plays help a child develop into a responsive adult audience…

Thirtieth annual listing of dissertations, arranged, for the most part, by subject according to geographical divisions. Entries include researcher's name, title of project, institution, academic department, faculty supervisor, and expected date of completion. Available from American Theatre Assn., 1000 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20005, sc…

Examines Federal Theatre productions of Pinocchio (1935-1939) as examples of children's theater presented with a high degree of professionalism and concern for the child audience. Discusses the philosophy of director Yasha Frank, the visual elements of the productions, and audience reaction. (PD)

Good photos are an essential part of play production. This quiz contains 20 photos to be rated excellent, good, or poor for publicity purposes. Answers give detailed explanations of the merits or flaws in each photo. (PD)

In a nation of over 200 million people, only two or three dozen make a good living writing plays. Of 16 playwrights interviewed for this article, only four have been making their living writing for three years or more. Presents insights and reflections. (PD)

Twenty-ninth annual report of dissertations in progress in theater arts in the United States. Dissertations are arranged, for the most part, by subject according to geographical divisions. Entries include researcher's name, title of project, institution, academic department, faculty supervisor, and expected date of completion. (PD)

Presents a list of suggestions for developing a cooperative relationship among the various specialists who are involved in a high school musical production, such as "Hair." (JMF)

Outlines how Bishop Walsh High School in Cumberland, Maryland, solved the problem of staging a multiset musical, "Guys and Dolls," on a circular thrust stage with no curtain, by using four four-sided rolling variations of the Greek "periaktoi," tall column-like structures whose faces can be painted with scenic elements. (JMF)

Argues that theater is aimed at and presented to an ideal or abstract audience. Discusses the implications of performing for an actual audience, adaptation to various audiences, and the concept of the audience as an evaluative device. (See CS 705 536.) (JMF)

Teaching is strenuous enough without requiring educators to be entertaining as well. (LH)

The artist was commissioned by a religious association to create a dramatic presentation in celebration of the bicentennial. A brief article presents some thoughts on artistic freedom, and describes response to his production. (RW)

Studies Chaplin as a filmmaker and personality by analyzing his writings and background from an astrological perspective. (MH)