Argues that linking ethics to rituals in drama lessons can promote reflection on individual responses to moral dilemmas. Describes how a group of drama teachers and theater students worked with 24 children (9 and 10 years old) from a public primary school in a process-drama in which the children worked in-role to solve a dilemma. (SR)

Shares results of a survey investigating the practices of theaters in the United States which focus on working with young performers (their goals, staffing, classes, auditions, affiliations, budget, and practices regarding student empowerment, diversity, and gender) and compares results with those from the 1983 survey. Offers a glimpse of four…