Relationship with school theater and creative drama

As Vygotsky said, things that are not noticed by the child in real life become a rule of behavior in the game, and the game provides cognitive abilities, motivation, desires, social relations, emotions, taste and aesthetic experience, development in personal areas, and most importantly, strengthening communication. This feature of the game makes the subject of the game and everything related to it a personal object. This theory of Vygotsky brings to mind the Theater in Schools and Creative Drama, which mostly includes play and is used for the education of children. In this study, the common features, differences and contributions of the School Theater and Creative Drama disciplines, which contain play as a common component, were investigated. Based on the effect of the play on the education of children, it has been focused on the historical development of School Theater and Creative Drama and its contributions to students in educational environments in terms of its characteristics. The aim of the study is; The aim is to emphasize the importance of the diversity of artistic and educational disciplines in school environments, and to remind the existence of the School Theatre, which today consists only of year-end performances, and to reveal the difference of Creative Drama. Keywords: School Theatre, Creative Drama, Education, Play