This week we culminated in the start of American theater! The first theater building was built in 1715 in Williamsburg, VA! During the American Revolution the Continental congress (following suit of many states already) banned theater. While their motives many have been war effort related, some of the individual states cited religious reasons. Despite this, the first professional theater company came into being in New York in 1756!
Along with our last look at the history of theater during our time period, we also discussed the need to be vigilant about what we let into our active imaginations! All theater is not good or good for us. God has given us the gift of imagination and theater is a wonderful way to use it! We live in a world that can easily turn God's blessings into something else, stay aware and enjoy the blessing of good theater!
Manchester, NH based fine arts program for homeschool students
