THR 217 - Staging Creativity with Children

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): THR 105 Performance & Society
Through guided research and readings, discussions, and participatory experiential application, students will discover what inspires young children (ages 4-12) to play, how children use their innate creativity, and how they learn in environments that foreground creative exploration and thought. In order to apply the knowledge gained from the readings and discussions, students in this course will be expected to play much themselves, to experience the topics with their bodies, and to embrace their own senses of creativity, with the goal of inspiring children they may work with and teach in creative fields like theatre.