Created in 1993, the Paul A. Kaplan Center for Educational Drama is the outreach and professional development program of the Creative Arts Team (CAT).

Building on the achievements of its partnership with the Creative Arts Team, the School of Professional Studies is pleased to offer the M.A. in Applied Theatre.

The M.A. in Applied Theatre, the first of its kind in the United States, is a sequential, ensemble-based program for students interested in the use of theatre to address social and educational issues in a wide range of settings. The program stresses the unity of theory and practice and is linked to the professional applied theatre work of the renowned Creative Arts Team.

Applied theatre is a specialized field that uses theatre as a medium for education and social development. It involves the use of theatre and drama in a wide variety of non-traditional contexts and venues - in teaching, the justice system, healthcare, the political arena, community development, museums, social-service agencies, and business and industry.

For more detailed information on the M. A. in Applied Theatre, and SPS certificate programs offered in association with the Paul A. Kaplan Center for Educational Drama, please visit the Programs section of the SPS site.

The Paul A. Kaplan Center was created through a generous grant from the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Foundation in memory of their son.