Intends to show how the unique ideological perspectives of theory and practice in theatre/drama education can lead to a productive tension that furthers research questions and challenges artists to create better products. Concludes that the performance/workshop/discussion piece "Wearing the Secret Out" uses a dramatic form to challenge current and…

Describes how a "virtual reality" production by the University of Kansas Theatre for Young People provided the opportunity to garner the perceptions and responses of child audiences as a descriptive study. Discusses students' perceptions of results. Provides little evidence of a "videocy" dimension of perceived reality, for it…

Explores the story of "Peter Pan." Considers its creation, its role on the stage, and its impact on society. Considers how "Peter Pan" is about the inability to have make-believe and the true stick together: it dramatizes an artistic failure, the failure to make the vision of the play successful. (SG)

Analyzes selected issues and trends forged by the 1989 International Drama Education Research Symposium, including: literacy in the 1990s; the professional role of the drama/theater education specialist; research methodologies; and future research challenges. (MM)

Surveys four-year college and university theater departments on the status of child drama programs in the U.S., including child drama academic programs and children's theater productions. Includes specific responses of schools offering degrees or emphases in child drama. (SR)

Lists 29 research projects in progress within the field of theater, drama, and education. Provides the researcher's name, research title, school/organization affiliation, type of research, and estimated date of completion. (MM)

Defines "mental hygiene" as approaches to preventive psychiatry through the development of habits of self-care. States that role-playing is an important tool in the development of mental hygiene. Concludes that role-playing is helpful in the development of metacognitive skills, and enhances mental hygiene in the process. (PA)

Recalls how theater in the United States celebrated the Bicentennial by offering "Yankee Doodle" by Aurand Harris. Explains that although the characters were considered to be quite progressive, the absence of a larger female and minority contingent means that the target audience remains the white male. Concludes that it is important to…

Describes a case study of a high school theater teacher who left teaching as a result of teacher burnout. Defines burnout, describes the teacher's brief career along with factors that she found stressful, and discusses implication for educational practice. (SR)

Looks at the differing production choices and dramatic methods endorsed by two settlement workers, Alice Minnie Hets and Lillian Wald, as witnessed in the opening productions of their settlement houses, where the dramatic arts were among the tools used by social workers to help fledging citizens adopt American ways. (SR)

Examines problems that both professional and university youth theatre programs share, namely, concerns about finances, personnel, facilities, artistic quality, and public relations. Discusses how all of these problems may, in reality, be financial problems. (JD)

Describes Elbridge T. Gerry's work from 1874 to about 1900 as founder and director of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Notes his place at the center of the controversy surrounding children on the professional stage in New York. (SR)

Presents a summary of a study that led to the identification and profile of eight model sites for development of theater education professionals. Includes these sites: Alliance Theatre (Atlanta); Lincoln Center Institute (New York City); Metro Theatre Company (St. Louis); and Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts (District of…

Considers how school agendas dominate virtually every aspect of professional theatre for young audiences (TYA) companies. Proves the historical heritages of this ideological dance. Explores the TYA field through perspectives of agency - the implications of the overt activities of the field in the signifying discourses of the field. (SG)

Provides background information and excerpts from an interview with Josef Krofta, highly acclaimed director for the East Bohemian Puppet Theatre in Drak, Czechoslovakia--a company internationally recognized for its innovative style in which the puppet and the live performer are integrated. Highlights Krofta's personal philosophies and theater for…