<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm curious to know which texts are used for 'Sound for the Stage' classes these days....</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 9:27 AM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm following this discussion too.... I hadn't really noticed what's going on in the upper academia... but I can say, here in Oregon, and definitely in my school district, at the high school level, tremendous effort and energy has been put into working on the educational outcomes, and the mental health of students, and one of the many outcomes has been the addition of more "arts" focused classes, because, well... as we all know....<div><br></div><div>There has been some great impact on the efforts to include more CTE (Career and Technical Education) - and we theatre folk have benefitted from this influx of energy (and money). In addition to the acting classes and film classes, on the "technical" side we have Tech Theatre 1, Advanced Theatre Production, Sound for the Stage, Costuming for the Theatre, Dramatic Lit*, and Playwriting. *Since there's CTE certifications involved in all of these, which implies one could go out and get a job with this, the Dramatic Lit has a component of Dramaturgy in it.</div><div><br></div><div>We have a "waiting list" of students that want these classes - they are currently maxed out enrollment-wise. There is definitely a desire from our high schoolers to take more "hands-on" classes... historically, my school and district had been "All AP/All the Time" - and they've really been stepping up the CTE side of things for a while now.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's just hope there will still programs in college/university for these same kids that plan to attend...</div><div><br></div><div> - Jon</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 6:23 AM Bill Conner via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Was surprised I missed or had not seen discussion here of colleges eliminating theatre (and dance, music, and other fine arts) programs and the faculty and staff positions associated with it. My undergraduate school, with a 40 or so percent decrease in the student body, is eliminating theatre and dance and 12 other programs, despite a relatively new $50m+ PAC. Just read of other colleges/universities also eliminating theatre (and more) programs along with faculty and staff. More than just theatre education, the de-emphasizing of higher education as a priority gives me pause.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thoughts? </div></div>
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