​Pendragon Theatre offers theatre education including:

The Benefits of Theatre Education

Self-Confidence:
​Taking risks in class and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas
and abilities. This confidence will apply in nearly every aspect of their future. 
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Imagination:
​In a word addicted to technology, theatre provides an outlet for making creative choices, thinking new ideas, and interpreting the material in expressive ways that are the essence of drama. 
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Empathy & Tolerance:
​Acting roles from different situations, time periods, and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others.
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Cooperation/Collaboration:
​Theatre combines the creative ideas and abilities from its participants.
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Concentration:
​Playing, practicing, and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body, and voice which helps with other areas of life including school. 
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Communication Skills: 
​Drama enhances verbal and nonverbal expression of ideas. It improves voice projection, articulation, fluency of language, and persuasive speech.
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Problem Solving:
Students learn to communicate the who, what, where, when, and why to the audience. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life.
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Trust:
The social interaction and risk taking in drama develop trust in self, others, and the process.
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Memory: 
​Rehearsing and performing the words, movements, and cues strengthen this skill like a muscle.
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Social Awareness:
​Legends, myths, poems, stories, and plays used in drama teach students about social issues and conflicts from cultures past, present, all over the world.
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Aesthetic Appreciation:
Participating in and viewing theatre raise appreciation for the art form. It is important to raise a generation that understands, values, and supports theatre’s place in society.
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Source: https://www.acttooplayers.com/benefits-of-theatre-education
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