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Larson, James – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1992
Argues that the leading professional children's theaters should commit themselves to a group of proven professional playwrights as the surest way to nurture the feasibility and aesthetic sensibility of children's theater. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Playwriting, Theater Arts
Gollobin, Laurie Brooks – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1992
Presents an interview with children's playwright Aurand Harris, who shares thoughts about his work, advises playwrights, and offers a cautionary note on the future of children's theater. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Interviews, Playwriting, Theater Arts
Norris, Joe – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1994
Argues that a stronger impact may be gained by using drama to advocate drama. Offers vignettes of notable advocacy programs that help colleagues become advocates and that help parents and students become advocates. (SR)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Theater Arts
Swortzell, Lowell – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1992
Explores the distance all dramatists travel to one extent or another and in their own ways to arrive at a play for children--the questions asked, the ideas sparked, the progression followed. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Playwriting, Theater Arts
Lewis, Richard – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Discusses theater for young children that seeks the drama of taking the silence of an object and animating it, through imagination, into being. (RS)
Descriptors: Children, Drama, Elementary Education, Imagination
Montee, David – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1990
Describes the process of putting together a historical play leading to a final product. Describes the inspirations, resources, and options available to theater educators when producing classic drama, as illustrated by the production of a futuristic "Antigone" by the Interlochen Arts Academy. (SR)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Production Techniques, Secondary Education, Theater Arts
Rough, William – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1991
Describes a visit to the Moscow Art Theatre Institute, including an interview with its director, Oleg Tabakov; a comprehensive tour of the school; and attendance at plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre. (SR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews, Theater Arts
Harris, Julie – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Discusses the author's life experiences that led her to synthesize a statement supporting Theatre in Our Schools Month. (RS)
Descriptors: Audiences, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Theater Arts
Gruhn, Laurie Ann – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Presents an interview with director, teacher, performer, and author of the ground-breaking "Story Theater" Paul Sills. Discusses his unique style of storytelling and improvisation. (RS)
Descriptors: Improvisation, Interviews, Production Techniques, Story Telling
Berkley, June Langford – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Argues that, by not engaging the community in an exploration of the many ways the arts, including theater, can nurture personal and intellectual growth, teachers may have contributed to the failure to name the arts as a critical area of concern. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Community Relationship, Theater Arts
Boccardi, Robert F., Ed. – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1994
Presents a conversation with five theater practitioners and artists about advocacy for theater. (SR)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education, Theater Arts
Chartier, George – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1994
Discusses the value of name recognition for theater companies. Describes steps toward identity and recognition, analyzing the group, the mission statement, symbolic logic, designing and identity, developing a communications plan, and meaningful activities. (SR)
Descriptors: Mission Statements, Public Relations, Publicity, Recognition (Achievement)
O'Fallon, David – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Asks theater educators to articulate and defend a moral position regarding the overall direction of society. Asks that teachers, like great theater, foretell a direction that will lead to a better world. (SR)
Descriptors: Ethics, Higher Education, Moral Values, Secondary Education
Guerrera, Midge – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1989
Presents the following materials for use in advocating and promoting "Theatre in Our Schools Month": a resolution, a page of logos for reproduction, a planning guide, award criteria, and a list of numerous ideas. (SR)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, School Community Relationship, Theater Arts
Levy, Alan – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Maintains that, in children's theater, it is the responsibility of an individual theater to engage and educate its community, enact policies detailing its moral and ethical standards, and let the community know (via brochures, displays, etc.) what type of children's theater it produces. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Community Attitudes, Community Relations, Elementary Secondary Education
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