Literacy and the Performing Arts, AB
Advisors: Patricia Sobral and Eileen Landay
Thesis: The Essentiality of Playing Pretend: Imagination, Creativity, and Theatre-Based Teaching Artistry in the Early Childhood Virtual Classroom
Thesis Advisors: Patricia Sobral (Director), Eileen Landay, Laura Snyder
Literacy and the Performing Arts is an investigation of theatre- and meaning-making. Through this concentration, I study the intersection of theatre and education and explore the ways we learn to make sense of the world around us through written, spoken, and performed text.
"The Essentiality of Playing Pretend" is an exploration of teaching artistry and imaginative play in the early childhood virtual classroom. Part response to the pandemic's impact on the arts and part testament to the value of theatre-based education, this thesis highlights the voices of nine teaching artists with experience teaching online, all to better understand the connections between teaching, theatre, and the imagination.
Acknowledgments:
Much love and many thanks to my mentors, friends, and family for all of their support, guidance, and care. Special thanks to my parents, Noah, and Lulu, all of whom have been my rocks; Maaike, Michelle, Paty, Brig, and Em, for their love and hugs; everyone at PW, my home away from home; and Patricia, Eileen, and B, who have helped me land where I am today. I am endlessly grateful.
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Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN, childrenstheatre.org
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