Theater arts have been a part of the Plymouth Meeting Friends School curriculum since 1983. The program introduces fifth and sixth grade students to theater basics such as stage movement, points of concentration, pantomime, group theater games, improvisation, character studies, and basic theater exercises.
At PMFS, the theater arts program is about more than theater basics and how to act. It is about creativity, teamwork, learning about the world around us, and self discovery.
By interacting with a drama teacher who is also a published playwright, PMFS students learn about the creative process behind the works they perform and engage in a continuing dialogue and collaboration with their teacher/writer. By performing plays that are often adaptations from classical literature, students learn about literature and history and are exposed to uplifting themes and messages about our world.
Through our theater program students also learn how to cooperate with one another and work as a team. The program helps promote self confidence in those who didn't know they could go on stage and "do it." Students also learn about responsibility and leadership, and discover parts of themselves they never knew existed.