| Theater as an Extracurricular Activity Many students | | | | Local popularity. For students at this age, popularity is a |
| ignore the importance of such extracurricular activity | | | | factor that should not be underestimated. 2. |
| as theater. Most students, regardless of gender are | | | | Confidence. Have you ever hesitated whether you |
| fascinated with cinema and movies. However, they | | | | can ask someone out, ask a question in class, or read |
| ignore the fact that most actors they know started | | | | a passage in front of an audience? Well, fears can be |
| their career through extracurricular activities at schools, | | | | eliminated through facing them. 3. Making friends. |
| with their peers being their first audience. Theater is an | | | | Theater is an interest around which new groups of |
| interesting extracurricular activity, which benefits | | | | friends can be formed. Academic Benefits Academic |
| extend beyond improvements in academic | | | | benefits should not be ignored. After all, the purpose of |
| performance, which are registered the most in | | | | making these extracurricular activities available is |
| scholarly studies. It is an activity that should be selected | | | | partially linked to academic performance. The two |
| just for the love of it. In that regard, the present article | | | | main academic aspects that can be improved through |
| will attempt to explain the benefits of theater as an | | | | theater are communication skills and literary |
| extracurricular activity. Reasons to Join The fact of | | | | knowledge. The communication aspect is |
| many actors starting their careers in school theaters | | | | self-explanatory, where students learn to express |
| does not imply that choosing extracurricular activities | | | | themselves more clearly. The literary knowledge is |
| will be your first step in an acting career. In order to | | | | mostly related to that the plays played in schools and |
| consider theater, there are many other reasons to join. | | | | colleges theaters are based on famous literary works. |
| These reasons include, but not limited to, the following: 1. | | | | |