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William Shakespeare - As You Like It
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts
I am a
Teacher
I am a 
Director
I am a
Lifelong Learner
I am an
Arts Advocate
I am a
Mentor
I am a
Theatre Artist
Above: Theatre Education Students at Ball State University with (left to right) Hans Weichhart (Educational Theatre Association), Julie Cohen Theobald (Educational Theatre Association), and Jeff Poulin (Americans for the Arts) following a workshop with them on Arts Advocacy (January 2018).
Theatre: A Necessity in High Schools
Theatre is an absolutely essential part of any high school curriculum. Taking theatre in high school will help you:
  • Increase your self-esteem and confidence
  • Enhance listening, negotiating, and communicating 
  • Expand your cultural awareness 
  • Develop your empathy and identification
  • Increase your ability to think: creatively, imaginatively and divergently
  • Speak in a more articulate manner
  • Expand your vocabulary and improve your writing
  • Learn new research and preparation skills

  • Learn about your emotions and how to express them

  • Celebrate differences and diversities

  • Learn how to act with spontaneity and without self-consciousness

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