2015 | Center Theatre Group

Theatre is one of the only disciplines where educators are expected to do it all. A teacher trained in acting is still expected to teach costume design. And a costume designer is still expected to teach the tenets of lighting. So how does a theatre teacher (or a teacher who’s had the theatre program dumped on them—and might be trained in an ent...

Teaching Theatre: Crash Course Style

Clowns have been a part of human storytelling for thousands of years. Clowning has existed in many cultures and has served a variety of purposes. The oldest clowns date back to 2500 B.C. in ancient Egypt. Clowns from Italy’s Commedia Del Arte theatre tradition appeared around 1550 A.D. Chou, the clown from China’s Peking Opera, has been ar...

Clowns "Walking the Tightrope"

Center Theatre Group's Young Audiences Program is more than just a field trip, and sometimes even the educational materials that we develop for our student matinees go on long journeys of their own.

Educational materials tour the nation