Thomas Edison Kelly is a financial advisor and broker manager who serves as managing director of Aegis Capital in New York City. Thomas Edison Kelly is active in the Moving Mountains Foundation which assembles actors and other artists to create theater productions that promote good choices among young adults.
Youth theater can be an important formative experience for many young actors, as described in a paper from The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance.
Jenny Hughes and Karen Wilson, the paper’s authors, examined the findings of a study of youth theatre commissioned by the National Association of Youth Theatres in the UK.
The authors concluded that youth theater provides an environment conducive to positive transitions into adulthood for young people. The creative process of theater is easily digestible and provides key skills that resonate later in life. Taking risks on stage, developing interpersonal relations, and listening to other members of a team are some of the key takeaways for young participants. As a place where they can explore important social and person themes, the authors continued, it’s a valuable resource that can help young people develop in healthy ways.
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