The performing arts can play a key role in intercultural education in a variety of contexts. New creative initiatives are constantly developed, but there is still little theory to support such initiatives. The fusion of Ethnomusicology and Education offers a particularly fruitful perspective as a theoretical dimension to the work being done. This…

Describes a theater for children and youth on the island of Aruba and the celebration of the project in a youth theater festival. Outlines the goals of the theater project. Discusses the development of the festival plays, the themes expressed in terms of metaphor, and the communication through objects used in the plays. (CR)

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

Lists the goals of doing theater with young people. Discusses experiences with adapting "Alice in Wonderland" for 5- to 10-year old students and problems with cast parties and performances. (MS)

Discusses theater for young children that seeks the drama of taking the silence of an object and animating it, through imagination, into being. (RS)

Recounts that the Dickinson Theatre Project has been active not only in the advocacy of drama in the elementary classroom, but also in the support and development of weekly one-act productions, the creation of student-produced plays, and the development of full-length productions with casts and crews as small as 25 and as large as 250. (PA)

Describes the author's experiences in Santa Cruz, Bolivia creating a theater program in an orphanage. Notes how Gueddy, a deaf boy, worked his way into the drama program and was very successful finding his "voice" in theater. Concludes that Gueddy is now the star of the orphanage, the talk of the town, and front page news in Bolivia. (SG)

Describes the author's directing experiences in Lima, Peru, and in San Migual de Allende, Mexico. Includes insights gained through work in both Spanish-spoken theater and bilingual Spanish-English theater. (SR)

Describes Holy Names College's Children's Theatre program for children in underprivileged areas. The program consists of a "What-to-Look-for-in-a-Play" demonstration, the production itself, and creative dramatics sessions arising from the demonstration and production. (DMM)

The composer of an opera for elementary students describes his composition and the process of taking it out to the schools of southern Ohio. This article is part of a theme issue on opera. (SJL)

Reports on a public elementary school in Colorado that suspends all activities once or twice a year to become a children's theater. Describes how the whole community participates in the experience. Emphasizes the importance of adult-child collaboration. Relates how the collaborators construct original plays, rehearse and produce them, and finally…

Describes playwright Suzan Zeder's collaboration with playwright David Saar and director Carol Evans on the development of a script for young audiences which deals with the AIDS virus. (SR)

Outlines new directions in theater for young people by profiling work of the "REM" theater company in Sydney, Australia. The company's second production for children is based on the myths, legends, and performance techniques of Fijian villagers. The company's productions involve a carefully constructed process that introduces the young…

Applied theatre teaches community members to teach others, and helps communities process issues which directly impact them. It can also raise awareness of issues, pose alternatives, heal, challenge contemporary discourses, and voice the views of the silent or marginal. The arts become an important experience as people attempt to deal with tragic…

Describes a successful project in Philadelphia that paired students from Germantown Friends School with children at the Home of the Merciful Savior School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. States that the arts staff at both schools composed a musical which the two schools performed together. Concludes that performing the musical taught acceptance…