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Posted by Jim DeVivo on April 27, 2012

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Defining "TYA": Could We? Should We?

The process of building the Forum on TYA has been informed by a series of questions about the varied approaches and manifestations of Theatre for Young Audiences at home and throughout the world. In our planning, we explored the ways in which TYA diverges from and intersects with other theatrical genres and within the larger realm of educational theatre and drama. It is the intention of the Forum to consider a variety of the work currently called "TYA" and to engage in a dialogue about that work. It is interesting to me that such discussions always draw back to a simple question of definition - "What is TYA?", or as the Forum seeks to explore it, "Which way TYA?". Where does the field currently stand and what are the implications for its future? Recently, a colleague posed the the following questions: "Does the category of 'Theatre for Young Audiences' create more problems than solutions for us? Does it carry a stigma? Are we too separate f...

Forum Speakers - Martin Drury & David Wood

Our list of conference presenters continues with... Martin Drury Arts Director for the Arts Council, Ireland Founder-Director of The Ark, Dublin Martin Drury holds a first class honors M.A. and a Higher Diploma in Education from University College Dublin. He has worked in the arts for over thirty years and has been Arts Director with the Arts Council (Ireland's national agency for funding and developing the arts) for the past five . He oversees the work of seven teams including Arts Participation; Local Arts; Young People, Children and Education; Venues; and Festivals. He is also convener of the Arts Council’s Policy and Strategy Committee. Since 1979 he has been variously a theatre director (with over twenty productions); Associate Director with the Abbey Theatre (Ireland's national theatre); Artistic Director of TEAM Educational Theatre; Founder-Director of The Ark (Europe’s only custom-designed arts centre for children); freelance cultural consultant; and author / ...

Forum Speakers-- Deirdre Kelly Lavrakas and Kim Peter Kovac

Our forum speakers list continues... Kim Peter Kovac Kim Peter Kovac has worked at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, since 1983 and is presently Producing Director of Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences, which commissions, produces, tours, and presents performances for young people and families.His work at the Center has included serving as producer of over fifty new plays, operas and dances for young audiences and co-founding director of the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices program, which has assisted in the development of 80 new plays, musicals, and operas from 72 playwrights and32 composers working with 51 US and 7 international theater companies. The program has been honored by both the American Alliance for Theater in Education and the Children’s Theater Foundation for outstanding service to the field. He has worked as a producer, director, designer, and playwright for theater, opera, and dance, has served on pane...

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