How theatre education can save the world
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Rachel Harry |
TEDxMtHood
• October 2017
By its very nature, the theater demands inclusion, cooperation, responsibility, and coming to grips with one’s emotions—even when it’s simply playing a role. “This is powerful medicine for the teenager,” Rachel Harry muses. For Rachel, art requires creativity and the confidence that comes from outside-the-box thinking, even when the results are a few lumps and bruises. For her work teaching teenagers, she recently won the Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education.