Explore Theatre kindles theatre student desire for watching live performance while enhancing their ability to do so intelligently through a digital learning environment designed to encourage critical and constructive thinking about theatre.

This video rich, online resource facilitates multiple strategies of teaching and learning that can significantly enhance Introductory Theatre courses in large lecture, small discussion, distance and web based, or seminar style class. By building upon students’ experiences as digital audience members, Explore Theatre fosters greater understanding of the relationships between text, actor, and audience and builds bridges to live theatre and its history.