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Update: The May 4 session will be open to any topics members wish to discuss. This is your chance to connect with the board! Sign up now, and you will receive

January 14, 2022

EdTA News

Candidate Slate Set for 2022 EdTA Board Election

This winter, EdTA members will choose two new board directors from a slate of six candidates put forward by the EdTA nominating committee. No petitions were filed for the 2022

January 11, 2022

EdTA News

National Search for Executive Director Now Underway

EdTA and executive recruiting partner Good Insight are pleased to release the job announcement for EdTA’s next executive director, who also serves as president of ETF. The position is posted

January 4, 2022

EdTA News

EdTA Nominating Committee Selects 6 Board Candidates

The Educational Theatre Association nominating committee has selected six candidates to compete for two national board seats. The nominees for board director are Anthony Cimino-Johnson, Rob Duval, Stewart Hawk, Patricia

December 6, 2021

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EdTA News

Theatre Counts: New Research Report Highlights the Value of Theatre Education

December 6, 2021

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EdTA News

Executive Search Firm Begins Discovery Process

Following last month’s announcement that Washington, DC-based Good Insight will lead the hiring of EdTA’s next executive director, the firm has begun the first phase of its recruiting process. In this “discovery”

October 13, 2021

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EdTA News

2021 Survey Report Shows Pandemic’s Effects on School Theatre

As in-person instruction has resumed this fall, theatre teachers and students across the country are thrilled to be returning to the stage. Yet school theatre programs — which offer critical

October 8, 2021

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EdTA News

EdTA Among Arts Organizations Awarded $8.5 Million Grant for DEI, SEL

Arts education across the nation could become even more integral to student and school success as well as more inclusive of diverse student experiences and cultures over the next five

October 8, 2021

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EdTA News

Next Board Listening Session: Meet EdTA’s Executive Search Firm

As part of its commitment to open communication with members, EdTA’s board of directors is hosting bimonthly listening sessions throughout the 2021-2022 school year. The 60-minute sessions revolve around one

October 8, 2021

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EdTA News

Board Hires Firm to Lead Executive Search

Washington, DC-based Good Insight has been retained to facilitate the national search for EdTA’s next executive leader. Search committee chairs Krista Carson Elhai and Matt Conover selected the firm following

October 5, 2021

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EdTA News

EdTA Receives $20,000 Ohio Arts Council Grant

The Ohio Arts Council has awarded EdTA a $20,000 grant to support an association initiative to expand access to theatre education programming in Ohio schools. This fall, EdTA will prototype

September 1, 2021

EdTA News

EdTA Launches Search for Executive Director

The EdTA board has launched a national search for its next executive director to lead day-to-day operations and fulfill the organization’s vision and mission of shaping lives through theatre education.

August 23, 2021

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EdTA News

Effective Immediately: New Payment Address for EdTA, ITS, and ITF

There has been a change of address for those members who make payments to EdTA, the International Thespian Society, and the International Thespian Festival by check. Effective immediately, our new

August 2, 2021

EdTA News

Announcing 2021 Educational Theatre Association Award Recipients

Each year, the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) honors the achievements of individuals and theatre programs with special awards presented in recognition of notable accomplishments. This year’s list of recipients includes the following:

July 28, 2021

Theatre Education

2021 Play Survey

Top 10 Full-Length Musicals 1. The Addams Family – by Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Andrew Lippa (TRW) 2. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – based on the comic strip

July 6, 2021

EdTA News

New Board Term Begins

July 1 marks the start of a new EdTA board term, with new members joining and others transitioning to new roles. Helen Duranleau-Brennan is your new board president through June

June 30, 2021

EdTA News

Jones and Stanfield Named Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teachers of the Year for 2021

Roshunda Jones of G.W. Carver Magnet High School in Houston and Holly Stanfield of Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are the dual recipients of the second annual Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year Award presented

June 24, 2021

Students from Cincinnati’s Gilbert A. Dater High School perform in a JumpStart Theatre showcase.

EdTA News

An End-of-School-Year Checklist for Troupe Directors

EdTA troupe directors are closing the curtain on an incredibly challenging school year. As you pack up your props and clean up your dressing rooms, here’s your ITS end-of-year checklist:

May 25, 2021

EdTA News

New Grace Kelly Scholarships to be Awarded at International Thespian Festival

The Princess Grace Foundation has partnered with the Educational Theatre Foundation to instill a major investment in the continuing education of promising young theatre artists. Thanks to a generous gift

May 6, 2021

EdTA News

Board Fills Vacancies With Longtime Educators

The EdTA board has filled three board vacancies with experienced, longtime educators who bring stability, continuity, and diversity to the board and association. Your current board of directors now includes:

May 3, 2021

The Jemicy School thespian troupe after finding out they won the Send A Troupe Grant to attend the International Thespian Festival.

EdTA News

ITS Troupes Can Now Include Both Thespians and Junior Thespians

At the peak time for student inductions, EdTA has a new student induction option that lets International Thespian Society (ITS) troupe directors honor more students and will help grow their

May 3, 2021

EdTA News

Meet Your New EdTA Board Directors

EdTA members have elected three board directors in voting that closed March 17, 2021. Krista Carson Elhai of Claremont, California, will become the association’s next vice president/president; Joannarae Ibañez of

March 18, 2021

Foundation

Theatre Is Alive and Thriving During the Pandemic – in Schools

A year into the pandemic, Broadway is still dark. Many professional theatres are still closed. But theatre is still very much alive, thanks to the creativity and resilience of theatre

March 11, 2021

EdTA News

Announcing the 2021 Democracyworks Winners

How would you describe your own high school theatre experience? Was it a space where you learned to feel confident? To express yourself? To empathize? Those were the themes our

March 5, 2021

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EdTA News

Educator Resources

Thespian Troupe Resources

Events for Members & Non-Members

Amplifying the Value of Theatre Education

Educator Resources

Thespian Troupe Resources

Events for Members & Non-Members

Amplifying the Value of Theatre Education

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