New theater forms keep being developed together with children and adolescents, who are taken seriously as agents and experts of their everyday life: Their knowledge, their experiences and personalities are included – it is no longer about educating them through theater. Working with laymen has long become an important part of new forms of professional theater. This way, theater is becoming something like a social experiment, where everyone can contribute something with their personality. This creates spaces for creativity beyond set pedagogic goals. For the very first time, this volume comprehensively addresses the phenomenon with contributions by renowned scientists, commentaries on plays, and interviews with artists.
