Describes an effective way of using business and promotional techniques together in children's theatre. (VLC)

Reviews the 40-year history of an association dedicated to the growth and development of children's theatre and child drama in the U.S. and abroad. (PD)

The National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, a program designed to provide national recognition and support for artistically talented youth, sponsors the Arts Recognition and Talent Search Program (ARTS). ARTS addresses areas of theater, visual arts, writing, dance, and music. The judging process is described. (Author/CL)

Offers suggestions for evaluating the work of the theatre technologist, a professional whose responsibility is to solve technical problems and devise methods by which lighting, scenery, sound effects, etc. may be produced. (PD)

Discusses aspects of a professional studio acting program at the university level. (PD)

Spotlights seven outstanding secondary school theatre programs and their directors: Frank Bluestein, Germantown, TN; John Steele, Plano, TX; Joe Juliano, Hamden, CT; Jack Parkhurst, Ralston, NE; Robert Geuder (Thomas Jefferson High School) Cedar Rapids, IA; Judith Rethwisch (Affton High School) St. Louis, MO; and Henry Wicke (Packer Collegiate…

Describes the genesis, philosophy, and activities of the African Community Theatre Arts Program (ACTAP) at Kent State University. ACTAP, which has an extensive community outreach program, attempts to promote and develop Black consciousness and cultural awareness throughout northeastern Ohio. (GC)

Identifies six major techniques used to evaluate the creative work of theatre faculty. Explores major problems associated with each technique. (PD)

Warns about the phenomenon of reactivity: faculty members will change behavior to accommodate evaluative criteria for promotion. Cautions that evaluative criteria must be developed that do not produce unexpected and unwanted side effects. (PD)

Considers the model to validate the creative activities of theatre artists as limited, unworkable, and unacceptable. (PD)

The 2002-2003 meetings of the Looking at Student Work project (LASW) represent a new phase of the project featuring new organizing principles and practices. Previous year's sessions were observed and documented by EDC/CCT research staff and by Center for Arts Education (CAE) staff. Because the 2002-2003 version of the project introduced new…

To assist educators in effectively teaching the works of such a critical author as William Shakespeare, this Digest identifies and describes some of the most significant and useful online resources. The digest notes that the sites were chosen on the basis of their technical excellence, purpose, content, authorship, and general usefulness for…

Applied theatre teaches community members to teach others, and helps communities process issues which directly impact them. It can also raise awareness of issues, pose alternatives, heal, challenge contemporary discourses, and voice the views of the silent or marginal. The arts become an important experience as people attempt to deal with tragic…

For students, a multi-level of learning goes into the production of a play. When students are involved in a production, they are reading, memorizing and interpreting a script. They are writing notes and learning to take stage directions, and they are using math concepts when they are building a set. On the stage they learn that the ensemble (or…

Selected and crafted from presentationsn at the Second World Congress of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA) held in Brisbane, Australia, July 1995, the essays in this book tell stories of using drama and theatre in a broad range of cultural contexts, but all with the same aim of real-life enfranchisement. The…