These are some of the comments -collected over the years-  from students of the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, when asked what abilities they thought Theater Pedagogy can facilitate and what they thought they gained after participating in an introduction course:

personally

new experience of time, space, body/ contact and dealing with emotions and feelings/ experience of personal limitations/ act out extremes/ contention with problems/ intensified self-consciousness and self awareness/ expansion of oneselfs behavioural repertoire/ body training/ voice training/ communication and presentation training/discipline/ intellectual challenge/transcendental experiences/ new perception of oneselfs reality/ reflection on own identity by dealing with character/ discover oneselfs plasticitiy  

socially

to communicate with character, other players and audience/ teamwork skills/extrem helpful for teambuilding/ability to adjust to one’s environment/ flexibility/ higher regard for others/ rule-and role consciousness/adjusting own ideas in regard to other players ideas/ equality among participants/knowledge about group interaction,-dynamics/understanding the difference between role and status   

 aesthetical

discovering creative potential/ understanding of the active principles of aestetic elements/ engaging the senses/ enhancing receptive competences for consuming art/ participation in the cultural ongoing affairs/encountering new topics and contents/ enhancing productive and representational qualities

Did you know, that when children play, they build capacities and decrease frustration? Playing is a a drive, an instinct in humans! Drama makes playing suitable for adults!