In June 1965 a group of dedicated professional artists of the
theatre met in Paris, France, to create the International
Association of Theatre for Children and Youth (ASSITEJ). Four days
later ASSITEJ was born, and its story began in "Discovering A New
Audience For Theatre, Volume I (1964 - 1975)." Now Volume II covers
the years from 1976 - 1990 a period of the greatest divisiveness,
which ultimately resulted in a rededication and a worldwide
expansion under new leadership. ASSITEJ now has over 80 national
centers around the world. Its Secretariat is currently in Croatia,
and the members of its current Executive Committee (2008 - 2011)
come from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany,
Finland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Rwanda, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
United Kingdom, USA, and Zambia. Volume III will complete this
history, and will cover the years from 1991 - 2005, completing a
history of the first forty years of the existence of ASSITEJ. Nat
Eek, PhD is a Regents Professor Emeritus of Drama, and Dean
Emeritus of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma. He was
personally involved in the first ten years of ASSITEJ, as a member
of the Executive Committee, a Vice-President, and ultimately its
President. He was named Honorary President of ASSITEJ. He has
attended all the International Congresses of this History with the
exception of the Moscow Congress in 1984. Ann Shaw, EdD is an
Associate Professor Emerita from Queens College of the City College
of New York, a research historian of ASSITEJ, an Honorary Member of
ASSITEJ International, an authority in creative dramatics and
theatre for the handicapped, a former Vice-President of ASSITEJ and
Founding President of ASSITEJ/USA (now TYA/USA), the USA national
center for ASSITEJ. She has attended the International Congresses
of this History in 1972, and from 1978 through 2005. Katherine
Kryzs is the Curator of the Child Drama Collection and Theatre
Specialist for the Arizona State University Libraries, where the
archives of ASSITEJ/USA and personal documentation about ASSITEJ
are held. Her archival training includes The Modern Archive
Institute at the National Archives in Washington, DC. She has also
attended several of the International Congresses.
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