AMERICAN THEATRE: Earlier this month, producer Ken Davenport tweeted out a thought: that high school musicals should incorporate more of the roles typically seen on Broadway shows. Training, he posited, should begin with teenagers not only acting and building sets, say, but doing the jobs of producer, press agent, and company manager for their school productions.
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What an amazing article. I always enjoy reading articles and stories about how theatre can play an instrumental part in young adults and children’s lives. Something that made me so happy about my Undergrad was that every student no matter what their major was had to take a theatre course. This exposed so many students who had never acted or worked behind the scenes before to a world that was new and exciting to them. Introducing theatre to children, and really anyone is a thrilling experience. Having an artistic outlet that you are free to express yourself in or step into the shoes of someone else teaches empathy and boosts creativity. Children and Teen Theater programs are essential to theatre’s well-being, without them there would be no place for the next generation of theater artists to grow, learn, make mistakes, take chances, and blaze their way into the industry.
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