Special Section on the Pedagogy of the Now

• DOI: 10.1353/tt.2025.a953953
• Publication Date: 2025-03-12T09:19:49Z
• Authors: Walter Byongsok Chon; Gibson Alessandro...; Amanda Dawson; Michael Dewhatley; Elliott Folds; Jeremy Gillett; Sharon L. Green; Mike Griffin; Oona Hatton; Yuge Ma; Kim McKean; Scott Oldenburg; Jessica Peña Torres; Kim Schwartz; Michael Schweikardt; Daniel Smith; Laronika Thomas
• Keywords: Section (typography)

Abstract: In this special section, educators describe current approaches to teaching theatre. Drawing from their experiences in K–12, community theatre, and higher education contexts, seventeen theatre explain pedagogical responses the COVID-19 pandemic, administrative cutbacks, campus issues, generative AI, accessibility, consent, students’ fear of taking risks. These short pieces also provide new ways considering assessment, history performance theory, engaging non-majors studies. This section on pedagogy now provides a snapshot practices classroom innovations that are working for today’s students.