Welcome
Welcome to the Theatre Education Database (TEDb) hosted by the Department of Theatre and Media Arts (TMA) at Brigham Young University. This website is designed to help public educators who are currently teaching theatre in the school systems to cultivate stronger classroom curriculum and lesson plans. The ultimate aim of this website is to improve the quality of theatre education by developing a forum for the exchange of theatre curriculum ideas and instructional materials and by fostering meaningful communication among educators about teaching theatre to young people.
Some may wonder why theatre educators who worked so hard to develop their own curriculum would be willing to post it on a database for all to see and use. This website demonstrates the understanding that once education of curriculum development is obtained there comes an obligation to share and help others who don't have that knowledge yet. "We can't become possessive of our thoughts. Creative people know they don't own an idea and that ideas multiply when they are shared. With cooperation, all benefit." (Robert D. Hales) With that in mind, we hope that all theatre educators using this site and the curriculum within it will consider contributing their ideas to those posted here. No one should hold back their best - come together and share!
If this is your first time visiting or if you are a returning TEDb user who would like a refresher course on how to navigate through this site, please use the TEDb Tutorial. For any questions which are not addressed in this tutorial or to make suggestions and report errors, please email the site administrator. All emails will be answered in 24-hours on business days.
Be sure to frequently visit this home page for updates on Theatre News and Events. This is where we will frequently post important information about educational programs, conferences, workshops, or other important materials which may be of benefit to you. For questions or more information on events sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Media Arts, please call the TMA secretaries at (801) 422-6645.
NEWS & EVENTS
Educational Theatre Association
Join other professional educators at the national theatre educators conference in Anaheim in September 2009. For more information go to www.edta.org.
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The 2010 Utah Theatre Association Conference will be held January 21-23, 2010 in Orem, Utah at Utah Valley University.
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