Describes a high school theater arts program in California which involves elementary and middle school students in the high school's annual musical. Discusses how to deal with the extra work of including younger children in the musical production and the numerous advantages of doing so. (SR)

Describes the efforts of a teacher to create an after-school drama program where none existed before in a blue-collar area of Pennsylvania. Explains how an original production, "Voices from Middle School," was developed and performed through combining her after-school volunteer drama classes with an in-school poetry class. (PA)