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Peer reviewedGreene, Alexis – Youth Theatre Journal, 1992
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)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Playwriting, Program Descriptions, Theater Arts
Peer reviewedBush, Max – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Responds to Catherine Dezseran's call for children's plays with "serious" subject matter, approves of her ideas, and suggests that more pointed criticism of the contemporary plays she mentions would be helpful to writers of children's plays. (JC)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Drama, Playwriting
Peer reviewedSaldana, Johnny – Youth Theatre Journal, 1999
Discusses ethnographic performance texts (sometimes called ethnotheatre or ethnodrama), which employ traditional techniques to mount a performance event as an alternative mode of research representation, with actors portraying actual research participants. Discusses ethnodrama's rationale, content and structure, participants and characters,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Higher Education, Playwriting, Qualitative Research
Peer reviewedSwortzell, Lowell – Youth Theatre Journal, 1989
Discusses the plays of Wendy Kesselman. Analyzes the plays in light of the special demands they make upon young audiences. (MS)
Descriptors: Audiences, Childrens Literature, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWebb, Dorothy – Youth Theatre Journal, 1996
Recounts the life and times of a pioneer children's theater playwright and fiction author, Nora Tully MacAlvay (1900-86). Points out that her interest in children's theater and children's literature was lifelong and intense. (PA)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedStroud, Cynthia D. – Youth Theatre Journal, 1998
Investigates whether the same patterns of sexism and gender-typing found in popular and award-winning children's literature exist in 10 award-winning plays for young people. Finds relatively few instances of nine overtly sexist traits in the plays. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Playwriting, Scripts
Peer reviewedHansen, Holden – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Presents the idea that playwrites adapting plays for children often simplify it so extensively that they do not serve the developmental needs of the child or the artistic conception of the play. Suggests that developing a thematic point of view for the play would help playwrites create fuller characters that are still understandable and enjoyable…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedDezseran, Catherine – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Presents a study of the use of serious subject matter in plays for youth by (1) tracing the trends of increasing advocacy and acceptance of such subject matter and (2) outlining patterns in the ways in which such subject matter is presented, focusing on original, contemporary plays, written by American playwrights. (JC)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Content Analysis, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedSurface, Mary Hall – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Addresses the problem of writing and producing plays that do not meet the needs of a multicultural audience with varied backgrounds and values. (JC)
Descriptors: Audiences, Biculturalism, Childhood Interests, Cultural Awareness
