Theatre Training Programs Have Some Learning to Do
As students call out inequities in theatre training institutions, educators of color can find themselves with additional labor and scarce support.
Category Archives: Education
Dear University Theatre Programs: Did You Take the Note?
A year after issuing them, theatre student and alumni organizers discuss the still unfolding results of their anti-racist calls to action for university training programs.
A Teaching Moment for Juilliard
After the Drama Division hosted a pointlessly traumatic ‘slavery immersion’ exercise last fall, some Black students are still hurting and asking for redress.
Survey Tracks Adjustments to Changes in COVID-Era Arts Learning
Data from the consulting firm ArtsBridge suggest that parents and students remain concerned but cautiously optimistic about the future of arts education.
The Familiar and the New: Teaching Black Plays in Jewish High Schools
How a plan to teach ‘Pipeline’ and ‘School Girls’ grew into a curriculum stressing both the plays’ universality and specificity on issues of race, colorism, and inequity.
Magic To Do: Performing in a Pandemic
Remembering a middle school production of ‘Pippin’ that got in just under the wire last March.
‘AntigoneNOW’: Mourning and Connection Across 4 Time Zones
How the pandemic-adjusted film resonated with, and deepened the meaning of, Sophocles’s iconic tragedy.
Submitting Your Play: Dos and Don’ts
Artistic leaders at the Playwright Realm writers’ service organization talk about how, when, and whether to send your work for consideration.
3 Seattle Schools Give COVID Collab a College Try
Undergraduate theatre programs join forces to combat artistic isolation and build creative community.
Starting Conversations With ‘Manic Monologues’
An interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.
