"The theater group improved significantly more compared to the control group in each of the measures (there was much less variance in the psychological well-being scores than in the other tests, so those small gains are significant). For problem solving and well-being, the theater group also improved significantly more than the visual arts group. The theater group also had the lowest drop-out rate of any group: All theater participants attended all 9 sessions, while 8 of the 44 visual arts students dropped out, despite the fact that all participants said they enjoyed the sessions."
According to this article, training in theatre arts makes you smarter. I believe sexier, too. Then again, I'm biased. I took several improv comedy workshops about a decade ago, and I've never had any class that I used so MUCH in later years. All sorts of games, techniques, not to mention the basics like projecting the voice and comfort in public speaking.
Wish we could use this to put some arts BACK into our schools....
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