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EdTA News
Statement on the Cancellation of Ragtime at Louisville’s Youth Performing Arts School
Issued jointly by Richard Frazier-Sostillio, EdTA Board President, and Jay Gerlach, Interim Executive Director CINCINNATI (August 27, 2026) — The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is extremely disappointed to learn that
August 27, 2026

Advocacy
What California’s Theatre Licensure Fight Can Teach Us About Advocacy
As a theatre educator, advocacy can sometimes feel like an abstract concept, something reserved for policy experts, state leaders, or people with time you simply don’t have. But most theatre
March 6, 2026

Guide to ESSA
November 29, 2021
EdTA’s ESSA Guide to Theatre Education Opportunities The authorization of a new version of

Landscape Survey
December 6, 2018
This series of short articles supplements the Fall 2012 Teaching Theatre (volume 24, number one) report…

Historically banned and challenged plays
January 24, 2016
The hot-button titles in the school repertory Here’s a list of plays and musicals