'A clearly arranged and informative handbook'
-- Theater Forschung, Dr. Nathalie Fratini'Prendergast and Saxton's latest book is a long-awaited response to the training needs of those who take their first steps as facilitators of interactive and participatory drama with non-professional actors. '
-- Hristina Mouratidou, The Journal for Drama in Education'[T]he strength of Applied Drama as a handbook for applied drama facilitation lies in its candid treatment of vital processes and issues such as embodied learning, ethics, reflection, communication and improvisation. By exploring the key concepts in the field of applied drama and illustrating them through practical drama structures, the work becomes a balanced blend of both theory and practice. Consequently, teachers and students at various levels of learning and young peoples theatre facilitators will find the book enormously useful.'
-- Keneth Bamuturaki, Consciousness, Literature and the ArtsMonica Prendergastis assistant professor of drama and theater education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria.
Juliana Saxtonis professor emerita in the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.
Together, they are coauthors ofApplied Theatre, also published by Intellect and selected as the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's 2009 Book of the Year.