The summer program is designed for teachers, university students, recreational leaders, librarians, language and speech arts specialists, theatre directors, actors, and integrated arts educators. Lectures, demonstrations, and inservice school and local community experiences are offered in both formal and informal dramatic activities involving elementary, junior high, and high school children as well as adults. Through three to six weeks, students may earn 6 or 12 points towards the master's or doctoral degree in educational theatre. Upon acceptance, students will be sent additional information. Daily improvisation and theatre movement sessions are followed by drama workshops, lectures, and seminar discussions.
Special emphasis is placed on devising classroom drama workshops.
Because of the wide spectrum of Outreach forms, students are offered the opportunity to work with conventions and structures appropriate for workshop-based drama, youth theatre, social community agencies, and arts institutions. The focus of the course is the creative and educational Outreach presentations to be designed for specific organizations in and around Newcastle. Trips to local theatres and a visit to the Edinburgh Festival are included as part of the field trip activities. Degree Program Information Candidates may earn 6 to 12 points during summer sessions and apply them to M.A., Ph.D., or Ed. D. Degree in the Educational Theatre Program.