Educational Theatre Foundation presents:
Building healthy communities through theatre education, one district at a time
: A Craig Zadan Legacy Program, is the ETF’s national initiative designed to strengthen, sustain, and expand access to theatre education at the district level.
Storyline is designed to address one of the most serious challeges facing young people today: the epidemic of loneliness. This brand-new program aims to foster a sense of belonging, connection, and shared purpose for K-12 students, using theatre as a tool for community engagement.
This new initiative considers a place-based approach to examine the stories of a local community through arts integration, devised theatre, and theatrical production. Utilizing a Professional Learning Community (PLC) model to support educator development and offer real-time problem solving through peer support, Storyline strengthens community capacity to address systemic inequities.
Site visits and conversations to develop community listening tools.
Program building of an elementary arts integration, a middle school theatrical production opportunity that utilizes community-engaged process, and high School devised theatre curriculum. Application launches in Spring 2027 for any US-based public-school teacher to apply for PLCs that begin Fall 2027
