Theatre Beyond Entertainment
Enchantment Theatre Company believes that quality theatre can do more than just entertain. Theatre offers children an experience that awakens feelings of wonder, empathy, and joy. It fosters creativity; it promotes literacy by engaging students with a variety of learning styles; and it deepens connections between people and ideas.
Children need to go to the theatre as much as they need to run about in fresh air. Otherwise they perish on the inside…
Theatre feeds the heart and nourishes the soul and enlarges the spirit…
A theatre especially set up for children helps even more; and plays presented by people who know how to perform for children without talking down to them, or being facetious, or leaving their brains behind, are best of all.
By igniting the imagination and teaching children how to create collaboratively, we connect reading, seeing, learning, and creating through the theatre arts. These experiences develop the whole child and contribute to increased comprehension, compassion, academic achievement, and social-emotional competency.
To learn more about how social-emotional learning helps children succeed in school and as they grow into mature and empathetic adults, take a look at this e-book by the Committee for Children.