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Lasser, Michael – Teaching Theatre, 1993
Profiles GeVa Theatre's (a regional theater based in Rochester, New York) education programs, which offer student matinees to 5,000 students a year. (SR)
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Theater Arts
Dicker, Shira – Teaching Theatre, 1993
Describes the Geraldine R. Dodge Theatre Program for Teachers and Playwrights that serves New Jersey drama teachers and professional playwrights, actors, and directors. (SR)
Descriptors: High Schools, Interprofessional Relationship, Program Descriptions, Secondary School Teachers
Soper, Stephanie – Teaching Theatre, 1993
Discusses the activities of the Education Department at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including the local education outreach program and the Partners in Education program promoting school-community partnerships. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Outreach Programs, Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship
Masse, Marguerite – Teaching Theatre, 1996
States that ASL (American Sign Language) has recently gained the interest of theater educators as a teaching tool, and that Gallaudet University is the leader in deaf theater education. Discusses sign language interpreting for the theater as a growing field. Explores programs in the New York School for the Deaf and the Cleveland SignStage. (PA)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Horn, Jeanette – Teaching Theatre, 1993
Describes a year-long project, the "Met Life Project," in which high school students collaboratively wrote and produced an original theater piece. (SR)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Playwriting
Donovan, Christine – Teaching Theatre, 1993
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)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle School Students, Program Descriptions
Palmarini, James – Teaching Theatre, 1997
Interviews the directors of university theater programs to find out about course offerings for K-12 educators who want to brush up their theatre skills. Finds that graduate programs are rare--most colleges concentrate on undergraduate theatre education programs; some sponsor certification programs. Discusses Masters programs at Roosevelt…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs
Wills, Howard – Teaching Theatre, 1995
Describes the drama program at Many Farms High School, Arizona, taught by Jim Hamilton. Points out that many minority students in the area are faced with high school dropout rates of 50%. Explains innovations developed by residents of "the Rez," home to the Navajo Nation, including presentation of plays directed, acted, and written in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, High Risk Students, High Schools
Palmarini, James – Teaching Theatre, 1993
Discusses two national arts education projects (invaluable tools for including the arts in daily curricula): a standards document being created by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, and a parallel assessment framework by the Arts Education Consensus Project to serve as a blueprint for the National Assessment of Education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Dance, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems
