“Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.” PeopleHelpingFilmYoungPowerfulIssuesCommunicationSkillsToolsTheaterStorytellingOur TimeCollaborationTranslateImproving Author:Kevin Spacey
“There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been done successfully - that one is grateful to have been spun. In the theater, it is called the willing suspension of disbelief. That's what allows the play to make an impact on the audience: they have to be able to make believe that what's happening on the stage is really happening. Maybe to a degree it is a requirement for all political participation, all effective political communication, too.” KnowsShouldBelieveHas BeensDonePlayAblePoliticalNamesProcessAudienceStageWillingCommunicationDegreesHappeningsTheaterGratefulImpactRequirementsParticipationDisbeliefMake BelieveSpunSuspensionSuspension Of DisbeliefPolitical Participation Author:Peggy Noonan
“I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.” IfsBelieveMatterHelpingProblemI BelieveStuffCommunicationDisciplineTheaterNo Matter WhatProblem SolvingBasics Author:Laura Linney
“I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.” Would BeAudienceCommunicationTheaterConcerts Author:Stephen Sondheim
“But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.” ArtFormSocialAudienceEffectsCommunicationTheaterVariousMultimedia Author:Wole Soyinka
“Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and transformation can take place.” MatterGamesProcessSubjectsFieldsCommunicationDisciplineTransformationTheaterParticipationSubject Matter Author:Viola Spolin
“In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.” PeopleFormCommunicationFindingsDirectTheater Author:Cherrie Moraga