Defines "applied theater" as a theater work which aims to process important social issues and which takes place in non-theatrical surroundings. Follows the evolution of one particular applied theater project about Matthew Shepard and examines the issues raised for those interested in applied theater's possibilities and constraints. (PM)

Provides a brief account of some of the philosophical, social, educational, and artistic factors that initially shaped theatre for young audiences (TYA). Examines how the rhetoric of theatre for the young has both reflected the changing nature of childhood as well as helped shape ideas of what childhood is. (PM)