Reports on the first Young Playwrights Festival presented by the Dramatists Guild and the Circle Repertory Company. The seven plays--directed, acted, and staged by professionals--were written by young people between the ages of 8 and 18 and were selected for production from more than 700 submissions. (PD)

This research concerns itself with making the imagination work; with developing, in university playwrights, a freedom to fantasy; and with encouraging them to give artistic form to their fantasies. (Author/RK)

Discusses the value of teaching playwriting. (PRA)

Describes six process guidelines for new play development to assist freshman dramaturges exploring new play development. Notes that the six guidelines form a paradigm for new dramaturges collaborating with a playwright. Suggests the paradigm, coupled with enthusiasm for the unknown and a taste for adventure, will build dramaturges informed to help…

Asks the question of what stories playwrights may use. States that dramatists have a deep commitment to explore the truth about life. Discusses questions regarding stories in the public domain, and issues of exclusive intellectual property. Concludes that the decision to use a story is a political one more than an ethical one. (PA)

Using a critical race theory (CRT) framework, this article compares the playwriting methods of the Chicano--Latino theater trio, Culture Clash, to a counterstorytelling methodology. The author uncovers the tenets of a critical race theater in the trio's site-specific ethnographic play, "Radio Mambo: Culture Clash Invades Miami". He…

The author decided to minimize the stressful emphasis on assessments in learning in his 11th grade American History and Government classes and put the fun back into teaching. Tired of the repetitive aspects of teaching the required state standards related to the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court cases, the author switched gears from simply…

Describes a fifth grade teacher's approach to producing plays with her class. The script for a Christmas play about Santa and the metric system is included. (JMB)

Presents a list of the various texts of Williams's plays which were published prior to 1977, including plays produced but not yet published. Notes the existence of unpublished versions of printed plays when such were used for a production. (JMF)

Defines "adaptation" as the transformational process of taking a narrative work and dramatizing it. Stresses the importance of knowing what to leave out and knowing what to leave in. Suggests thinking of "adopting" rather than "adapting." States that artistic freedom is the playwright's right. Emphasizes the…

Explores the distance all dramatists travel to one extent or another and in their own ways to arrive at a play for children--the questions asked, the ideas sparked, the progression followed. (SR)

As someone who writes plays specifically for young people, this author believes she has a responsibility to create texts which are structured to help young performers extend their performance skills. This can and should include effective use of linguistic devices as well as indicating possibilities for physical gesture. The author contends that,…

A priori criteria are pressing playwrights to be conservative, to unify their total experience so that everything is regimented and predictable, consciously or subconsciously. The danger, joy, and mystery of life is under the aesthetic gun. Do playwrights, and theater practitioners in general, repress and thus betray their inner voices, or do they…

The emphasis in this bibliography of theatrical craftsmanship is on live performance and related stage techniques. Entries are listed under seven categories: administration and management, educational/children's theater, acting, directing, design and technology, playwriting, and production reports and reviews. This last category lists entries…