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Deborah Baldwin

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Deborah's grandparents were missionaries in Japan in the 1930's where her mother was raised. Consequently, Deborah's mother surrounded her with people of many cultures just as she grew up. When Deborah was sixteen years old, she visited Japan and attributes the attendance to a Kabuki theatre play as the springboard for the story of Bumbling Bea. Since then, Deborah has won awards as an author, drama teacher, and director. Twenty-nine years ago, she co-developed a national playwriting contest for youth theatre plays which is still in existence today. Deborah has directed over 250 full length productions, plays and musicals alike. She has created countless drama classes and taught for over thirty-eight years. When she isn't writing,
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Engaging Reluctant Students in Drama Class

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This blog post, Engaging Reluctant Students in Drama Class, began with considering  every drama teacher eventually faces: students sitting in class who never intended to be there in the first place. When I taught a large middle school drama class which was a pre-elective, more than 500 sixth graders spent twenty-five days in my classroom each y

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“When does someone love you enough to put you before himself? Had I done so with Michiko?”
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“When does someone love you eough to put you before himself? Had I done so with Michiko?”
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