This session will explore how to pair Drama-Based Pedagogy strategies with a text—anything from Shakespeare to a picture book. We will utilize a story drama framework and consider how DBP can meet literacy goals by providing multiple entry points into the text. Together we will experience and unpack ways to access prior knowledge, teach vocabulary, activate text, and deepen comprehension through co-constructed, embodied approaches.

Joshua Rashon Streeter, MFA, is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Education at Emerson College. He previously held a professorship at James Madison University (JMU) where he built the Theatre Education Pre-Professional Licensure Program and the Teaching Artist Concentration, was a faculty associate in the Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI), and on faculty in the African, African-American, and Diaspora (AAAD) studies program. His teaching focuses on pre-service and in-service education in K-16 schools/institutions, drama and theatre education, Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), musical theatre, and arts integration. Joshua’s scholarship analyzes the pedagogies used in rehearsals and classrooms and considers the relationship between process and product in a creative experience. Joshua was named the 2015 Winifred Ward Scholar (AATE), received the 2021 Ann Flagg Multicultural Award (AATE), the 2021 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Inclusivity (JMU), and was one of three national finalists for the Ernest A. Lynton Award for Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty. Joshua was also one of the twelve writers for the National Theatre Standards and continues to work as a consultant to numerous state departments of education.