This is the report of a feasibility study on the subject of a formal association between the Drama Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Chapter I, the Introduction, states and defines the problem and presents the objectives and procedures of the study. Chapter II deals with questions of…

This dissertation presents the most educative, feasible, and economical methods for integrating theatre and drama into education. Theatre- and drama-in-education programs in Moscow, London, and Los Angeles were observed, evaluated, and analyzed, and findings synthesized. These data were obtained through readings, questionnaires, interviews, and…

This play, commissioned by Project Head Start, is designed to stimulate discussion and deepen understanding of key issues surrounding the confusion and conflicts that often arise when parents and professionals become entangled in disputes over "who is in charge" of the Head Start program. Guidelines for a discussion session following presentation…

The focus of this booklet is on a survey of approaches and programs in theater arts education in Canada. Short articles cover such topics as a summary of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival, play-acting in the classroom, the educational drama program in Newfoundland, the Studio Lab Theatre Foundation, the rebirth of theater in New Brunswick, the…

This course is designed to introduce the high school student to straight and stylized make-up techniques for thrust, proscenium, and arena staging. The student is expected to attain a number of performance objectives. He must be able to (1) trace the use of theatrical make-up from primitive times to the present, (2) identify make-up materials, (3)…

THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR THEATER AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL WAS THE TOPIC OF A 6-DAY CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. THEATER TEACHERS, ARCHITECTS, EDUCATORS, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS, EQUIPMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVES, THEATER TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND ACOUSTICAL SPECIALISTS PARTICIPATED. THE DISCUSSIONS…

This book provides students and teachers of scenic design and drama classes with a foundation for planning the style of a theater production. Each chapter in the book discusses the art and culture of a major period in the history of the theater, the developments in theater and in dramatic method that took place, and at least one play…

The personal-growth model of the language arts, based on views expressed at the 1966 Dartmouth Seminar, emphasizes creative drama as important in contributing to children's language development. However, any increase in creative drama within language arts programs is jeopardized by current conditions, which include limited economic resources,…

Help kids create poems, stories and plays orally and they'll be readier to write. (Editor)

For availability see CS 703 689.

Proposes three theatrical games by which elements of literary experience may be made dramatic. (DD)

Reviews research on the relationship between creative dramatics and language development, cognitive development, and attitude change. (DD)

Make sentence structure and some of the fundamentals of grammar come alive for your students by introducing them to the workings of a sentence and the interrelationship of its parts with a short play. (Author/RK)

Discusses aspects of movement education including its function, activities, materials, and relation to dramatic play. (JMB)