PRINTER'S NO. 3321
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
750
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY WARREN, BIZZARRO, ULLMAN, DONATUCCI, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, VITALI, HARKINS, T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, ZABEL,
MILLARD, BURNS, PASHINSKI, SCHMITT, RYAN, DRISCOLL, MURT,
KINSEY, THOMAS, FREEMAN, KIM, HOWARD, CIRESI, READSHAW,
BROWN, ROEBUCK, NEILSON, SCHLEGEL CULVER, CONKLIN AND
EVERETT, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of March 2020 as "Theatre in Our Schools
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Theatre in Our Schools Month" is an annual event
dedicated to raising public awareness of the positive impact
that theatre education has on students and highlights the need
for increasing access to quality programs; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 50 million people attend one of more
than 37,000 school theatre performances annually in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, Theatre education teaches invaluable skills needed
to be successful in the workforce such as soft-skills, including
the ability to listen, artistic sense, nonverbal communication,
enthusiasm and storytelling; and
WHEREAS, Drama activities help enhance children's social-
emotional development by allowing them to develop an enhanced
understanding of the responses, emotional expressions and
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