Summarizes a comprehensive study isolating long- and short-term recollections of young audiences in regard to characters, themes, scenography, objects, and sound effects of 26 theater productions over a 17-year period. Finds that, in general, young audiences recall more strongly those theatrical elements further removed from reality. (SR)

Discusses the future of child drama from the perspective of one who has left the field. (MS)

Reviews the 1988 Vancouver Children's Festival. Explores some of the educational implications of this event. (MM)

Describes the development of the Children's Theatre Foundation, a significant source of funding for projects in children's theater. (MM)

Describes the author's personal thoughts about drama, television, and theatre, and about the importance of artists having integrity. (MS)

Examines what complexity theories might offer to drama and theatre education, as an alternative method of "mapping" and describing complex aesthetic experiences. Attempts to weave the complex "microworlds" of drama into the typical linear "scope and sequence" and "clock time" structures of the classroom.…

Examines teacher perceptions of both the value and status of drama in education. Surveys 184 teachers in 13 elementary schools in the Niagara region of Ontario. Finds that 99% of respondents reported a positive attitude toward the value of drama in education, but 80% reported a negative perception of its status in the educational system. (PA)

Lists nine assertions pertaining to the field of theatre for children and youth. Spurs questions and discussion that provides useful contextualization for all of the papers presented for a symposium--papers which ranged widely over diverging ideological subjects. (SG)

Presents the author's remarks based on her advanced reading of papers on the symposium "What is Cinderella Hiding?" and on observations of the conversations that unfolded in the course of the symposium. (SG)

Discusses the historical foundations of children's theatre and drama/theatre education. Raises questions and suggests challenges for the future of the field. (MS)

Recounts the author's personal experiences in the field since winning the Winifred Ward Scholarship. (MS)

Discusses the need for drama in preschool education and for students with learning disabilities. Suggests that theatre professionals with disabilities be hired as actors, in production, and elsewhere. (MS)

Reports on the changes occurring in youth theater in the Soviet Union. Describes several plays presented at the International Professional Youth Theatre Directors Seminar in Moscow. (MM)

States that Constance D'Arcy Mackay was instrumental in defining the genre of children's theater in the early 20th century. Discusses her career highlights. Concludes that Mackay played a pivotal role in the "making" of the history of children's theater in the United States, and that while little of her personal history is known, her…

Explores philosophies and practices of playwriting for young people, focusing on contemporary U.S. plays and projects that are aimed at improving the quality of theater for young audiences. Describes the New Generation Play Project. (PRA)