Describes how the author applies the four Rs of volunteerism: research, recruit, retain, and recognize. Outlines the basics of each and how they can be incorporated in a school program. (SG)

Offers five strategies to help high school drama teachers establish a planning strategy for implementing and managing a theater program, helping them to shift from the defensive role and redirect their focus to administrative and management issues. (SR)

Offers tips on producing high school musical revues. Discusses selecting a theme, choosing the music, dealing with copyright, creating the narrative, and designing the sets, lights, and costumes. (SR)

Discusses the significance of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act for theater and other arts educators. Presents comments of several theater education teachers, leaders, and arts advocates regarding the enactment of Goals 2000. (RS)

Outlines tactics and strategies to employ to get a theater program established as an important part of the life of a high school. Discusses getting one's bearings, claiming one's space, working the system, shameless self-promotion, and the first production. (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)