Thank you thank you thank you for including your report on the state of theater education in our country, especially its pivotal role and ability to help young people escape from the pervasive meaning and mental health crisis in which they're mired.
Besides the obvious SEL objectives, theater's promotion of collaborative skills, its emphasis on personal responsibility, comfort with spontaneity, empathy, and practice of seeing and being seen, should place it as a foundational and fundamental practice for all students.
As a theater teacher who has pivoted to private practice, I am amazed at how little time and money is afforded to these programs. I applaud the resourcefulness of these dedicated stewards of a dying art, at least here in the US. I will support your cause as best as I'm able, and champion your work in bringing awareness to these creative endeavors.
Thank you thank you thank you for including your report on the state of theater education in our country, especially its pivotal role and ability to help young people escape from the pervasive meaning and mental health crisis in which they're mired.
Besides the obvious SEL objectives, theater's promotion of collaborative skills, its emphasis on personal responsibility, comfort with spontaneity, empathy, and practice of seeing and being seen, should place it as a foundational and fundamental practice for all students.
As a theater teacher who has pivoted to private practice, I am amazed at how little time and money is afforded to these programs. I applaud the resourcefulness of these dedicated stewards of a dying art, at least here in the US. I will support your cause as best as I'm able, and champion your work in bringing awareness to these creative endeavors.