King Arts Presents Shrek, jr. The Musical. April 2023
The District 65 Drama Department, established in 1924, is the longest thriving creative drama program in the United States. Under the guidance of creative drama specialists, this nationally renowned drama department provides the children of Evanston with exceptional theatre education. Central to that mission is the recognition that creative drama is both a theatrical art form and a powerful teaching methodology.
What is Creative Drama?
Creative Drama is improvisational, non-exhibitional, reflective, and most importantly process-oriented.
The teacher guides the group to collaboratively explore, develop, express and communicate ideas, concepts and feelings through dramatic enactment. In creative drama, classes improvise action and dialogue, using the impulse of play and the elements of theatre to give form and meaning to the experience. The primary purpose of creative drama is not to train actors for the stage, but rather imagine, enact and reflect upon human experience.