Spring 2009

CONTENTS

GUEST EDITORIAL
Transformation By Ben Cameron

Double FEATURE
Redefining “Young” Audiences: Theatre for the Early Years
By Megan Alrutz | Read the Feature article now

  Theatre From the Very Beginning
By Tony Mack | Read the Feature article now

INTERVIEW
Fundraising During Lean Economic Times
By Christina Zagarino

INTERNATIONAL
Reflections on Restructuring – Voices from ASSITEJ Centers Around the World By Kim Peter Kovac, Steve Ball, and Philip Hardy

INVESTIGATION
Collaborating on a Joint Commission
By Lauren Iley-Spear

BOOK REVIEW
Nine Plays by José Cruz González: Magical Realism and
Mature Themes in Theatre for Young Audiences
Edited by Coleman A. Jennings
Reviewed by Wade J.  Fransen

BOOK REVIEW
Young People, New Theatre: A Practical Guide to an Intercultural Practice
By Noël Greig
Reviewed by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

CODA
Kids Say…Well, Anything!
Compiled by Ernie Nolan

Fall 2008

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
From The President’s Desk: As the Nation Goes, So Goes TYA
By Lenora Inez Brown 

FEATURE | Read the Feature article now
Pushing the Envelope:  Addressing Taboos in TYA
By Sara M. Simons

INTERVIEW
The Art of Sound
By Megan Ann Rasmussen

INVESTIGATION
TYA Then And Now: 40 Years of Change
By Courtney Blackwell

PHOTO ESSAY
Visual Aesthetics of TYA
By Megan Alrutz and Stephanie Kilpatrick

INTERNATIONAL
ASSITEJ Meets Down Under: The 16th World Congress
By Rachel Evans

EDUCATION
Get Them While They’re Young: Benefits and Challenges of
Starting Earlier with Shakespeare
By Lauren Iley-Spear

BOOK REVIEW
The Theatre of Urban: Youth and Schooling in Dangerous Times
By Kathleen Gallagher
Reviewed by Chris Anthony 

BOOK REVIEW
Discovering a New Audience for Theatre: The History of ASSITEJ Volume I
By Nat Eek, Ann M. Shaw and Katherine Krzys
Reviewed by F. Scott Regan

CODA
Playing for Both Teams
By Ernie Nolan

Spring 2008

Table of Contents

NOTES FROM THE PLAYING FIELD
On Cues, Transitions, and Geekdom
by Kim Peter Kovac 

FEATURE
Who Can Tell What Story? (PDF)
Evolving Perspectives on Authenticity in Latino Theatre for Young Audiences
by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

INTERNATIONAL
Real Theatre for Real Life: African Artists Speak Out about Using Theatre to Make Change in Their Communities
by Megan Sandberg-Zakian

INVESTIGATION
Next Steps for Stage One
by Scot Copeland

INVESTIGATION
Ann Shaw Fellows: Inspiration Leads to Forging New Paths
by Gillian McNally

EDUCATION
ITYARN: Merging Research and Practice in TYA
by Manon van de

BOOK REVIEW
Theatre as a Medium for Children and Young People: Images and Observations
by Shifra Schonmann
reviewed by Patricia Snoyer Black

CODA
Why Can’t TYA Be More Like Hockey?
by David A. Miller

Fall 2007

Table of Contents

NOTES FROM THE PLAYING FIELD by Kim Peter Kovac    

GUEST EDITORIAL: Take Childhood Seriously by Jeanne Klein

FEATURE: Children’s Festivals: Substance, Subsidies, and Sustainability by Janet Stanford

INTERNATIONAL: The New Generation of Theatre Companies in Korea by Young Ai Choi

INVESTIGATIONS: What Adults Sometimes Forget When Playing Kids (Or Five Forget-Me-Nots for Actors Approaching Youth Roles) by Ernie Nolan

INVESTIGATIONS: The Hunger for Story: Lessons from One Theatre World 2007 by David A. Miller

EDUCATION: Improving Theatre Education by Robert A. Southworth, Jr.

BOOK REVIEW: The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality reviewed by Roger L. Bedard

CODA: Telling a Story (and the Years It Takes to Get There) by Luis Alfaro

Table of Contents

NOTES FROM THE PLAYING FIELD
by Kim Peter Kovac

ANNOUNCEMENTS
TCG Chooses Teresa Eyring as Executive Director
by Carrie Mills

FEATURE 
Uncommon Collaborations: Unique Partnerships in TYA
by Ernie Nolan
Read this article in PDF format.

INTERNATIONAL
At the Epicentre: A Conversation with Ivica Simic
by Michal Fischer

INvestigations
The Times They Are a-Changin’: A Look at Family Theatre
by Lenora Inez Brown 

INTERVIEW
Challenges, Strategies, and Mission: An Interview with Leaders of Queer Youth Theatre
by Brian Guehring

EDUCATION
A New Residence for American Teaching Artists
by Eric Booth

The Art of Collaboration: Building a Model Program
by Dawn McAndrews 

BOOK REVIEWS
Moscow Theatres for Young People: A Cultural History of Ideological Coercion
and Artistic Innovation, 1917–2000
by Manon Van de Water
reviewed by Gretta Berghammer

TYA: Essays on Theatre for Young Audiences
by Moses Goldberg
reviewed by David Dynak

CODA
KidSmart Theatres
by Rozz Grigsby, Meghann Henry, and Rebecca Podsednik