Introduction To TheaterHub

So, what is TheaterHub?

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TheaterHub grew out of one parent's question, "How can I find out about shows at other schools?" As it turns out, others want to know too.


School theater programs, unlike other well-known extra-curricular programs, have tended to go it alone in their regions. How much better it would be for the students if there were some cross-pollination among production staff and among student peers.


The school theater calendar, with the addition of a college season list this year, is TheaterHub's public face. It is especially directed to encourage student travel to other productions with the expectation that peers will inspire one another. Its value to student learning is incalculable.

The 2006 fall season marks the end of the calendar's third year. Coverage has expanded from one county in its first manifestation to eight and from high schools exclusively to include middle schools and colleges. The goal is comprehensive regional coverage because all students deserve the same opportunity.

TheaterHub is a non-commercial collaborative effort among school drama clubs and theater programs and, it is intended, college and community theaters. A host of production oriented research wish list projects await time and attention. It is a pilot project. If it can make it here, it can make it anywhere.

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TheaterHub's Mission:

"To enhance liberal arts education and community ties
through the advancement of the theater arts. "

Concept:

TheaterHub is an organization of school staff, contracted professionals and dedicated volunteers committed to the advancement of the arts in the schools with a special emphasis on the theater arts. We strive to shine a light on these arts and to promote professional development, which in turn, improves the quality of the learning experience.

Our name recognizes that the theater arts are treated as an extracurricular activity. Unlike sports leagues in competition, theater arts groups are independent of one another and isolated in their communities because few mechanisms exist to bring school programs together with other school programs or to encourage a broad community following.

The fourth "R", that of the arts, may well merit equal recognition in a liberal arts curriculum. The future of arts in our society rests in a large part on the investment our schools make in instilling an appreciation of the arts in the young. It is TheaterHub's mission to enhance education through interactive theater arts programming and to provide increased opportunities for participation of all youth.