Teaching Theatre Today Pedagogical Views of Theatre in Higher Education

This updated edition ofTeaching Theatre Todayaddresses the changing nature of educational theory, curricula, and teaching methods in theatre programs of colleges and universities and includes two new essays from Great Britain. This book offers both historical and theoretical insights into the pedagogy of theatre in colleges and universities during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Topics include:* Teaching devising * Theory and practice of theater education* Training for teachers of theatre in the U.S. and England

Anne L. Fliotsos is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, she served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri, Columbia for two years. She has presented papers at numerous national conferences and at international conferences, and has published in Theatre Topics, Studies in Popular Culture, The Journal of American Culture, American Theatre, New England Theatre Journal, and Research in Drama Education. She is coauthor of the musical Oedipus!, published by Baker's Plays, and is currently writing a book on women stage directors of the United States for the University of Illinois Press.

Gail S. Medford is an Associate Professor of Theatre whose concentration is on educational theatre, particularly in traditional minority colleges and universities. Dr. Medford has spent most of her nearly twenty years as an academician in these institutions, including Howard University, teaching and developing various courses in speech communication as well as theatre. She has made numerous presentations at professional conferences, such as the National Communication Association, and published in articles Negro Educational Review. She has and currently serves as a university administrator in faculty development and institutional assessment. Dr. Medford currently resides in Maryland with her retired military husband and two sons.