Playwriting often begins in solitude: a writer hunched over a laptop or notepad, coaxing characters into existence. But a play doesn’t truly breathe until actors give those characters a voice. Only ...

Play is more than just fun and games for children. It’s a crucial element of healthy development, shaping their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Through play, children explore ...

Many people often think of play in the form of images of young children at recess engaging in games of tag, ball, using slides, swings, and physically exploring their environments. But physical play ...

Milwaukee Rep plans to perform six new plays over the next two years, including one about the Milwaukee Bucks' championship ...

Play is essential to a child's development and is one of the most impactful ways to support student learning — it fuels academic success. Playworks Utah, a leading nonprofit in Utah, is helping kids ...

A children's activity area. — Image by © Tim Sandle. A children's activity area. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Between 2011 and 2023, public playground budgets fell ...

Amid a slow season during the COVID-19 pandemic, downtown Ithaca’s Kitchen Theatre Company is driving ahead, hosting a virtual new play development workshop in association with New York’s Ma-Yi ...

But physical play is not the only kind of play. We often use the terms pretend play or make-believe play (the acting out of stories which involve multiple perspectives and the playful manipulation of ...