Educational Theatre Association

The Educational Theatre Association, founded in 1929, is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote and strengthen theatre education as a means of lifelong learning. The Association's major areas of effort-educational development, teacher development, and advocacy- serve to accomplish this mission by helping to improve the learning environment in the theatre arts. A professional association for theatre educators, EdTA also operates the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization for high school theatre students, and the Senior Theatre League of America, an organization for older adults in theatre.