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MATT OMASTA
theatre artist / scholar
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Select Publications Available via Download or Links to JournalsFor complete publications list, please refer to CV tab abovePublications in Journals"Adolescents' Affective Engagement with Theatre: Surveying Middle School Students' Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs." International Journal of Education and the Arts 12.1.6 (2011): 1-18.Click Here to access full text through IJEA webstie"Artist Intentions and Audience Response in Theatre for Young Audiences." Youth Theatre Journal 25.1 (2011): 32-50.Click Here to access through InformaWorld"The TYA Contract: A Social Contractarian Understanding of Obligations between Theatre for Young Audiences Companies and their Constituents." Youth Theatre Journal 23.2 (2009): 103-115.Click Here to access through InformaWorldPerformance Review: The American Girls Revue. Theatre Journal 60.2 (2008): 303-306.Click Here to access through Project MuseBook Review: Performing Childhood in Early Modern Theatre by Edel Lamb. Theatre Journal 62.3 (2010): 495-497.Click Here to access through Project Muse
Current Projects
Current Projects
Books in Progress"Playful Performances / Performing through Play: Adults' Identity Construction and Performance through Play."Edited essay collection; prospectus in progress"Theatre for Young Audiences: An Introduction."Monograph in early stages of researchArticles in ProgressTheatre Education in U.S. Schools Today: A Landscape Study(Funding proposal in development)"Lifelong Impact: Adult Perceptions of Their High School Speech and/or Theatre Participation." (Co-authored with Laura McCammon, Johnny Saldaña, and Angela Hines).Manuscript in Development. "Participant Perspectives on Ethics & Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA)"Mixed-Methods Empirical Study; Data Collection in Progress"Historical Pageantry and Disney's Parades: A Critical Comparison of 1900s American Pageantry and Corporate Parades Today." Historical Essay; Revisions in ProgressBest Practices for Student Teaching in Theater & Drama.Mixed-Methods, Longitudinal Study. Grant proposal to U.S. Department of Education in progress.
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Theatre for Young Audiences (Theory & Practice)Theatre & Drama Education (Assessment, Best Practices, Longitudinal Impact)Ethics & PerformanceDrama Across the CurriculumPlay, Identity, & IdeologyAudience Engagement / ReceptionPerformance for / as Social Change (Theory & Practice)Theory into Practice / Grounded TheoryCultural Construction of Performers and Audiences
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