This special journal edition contains research reports on children and the theatre. The seven articles discuss the following subjects: (1) how audiences function in participation plays for young people, (2) creative dramatics and handicapped children, (3) the effect of advance organizers on children's responses to theatre viewing, (4) a Piagetian view of creative dramatics, (5) an exploration of the process of learning through drama, and (6) children's theatre theorist Charlotte B. Chorpenning's work with adult drama. (HTH)