Using minimal props and maximum imagination, she said, the theater provides a safe, comfortable venue for youngsters to be creative, play, develop confidence and a sense of ensemble.
It has plenty of engineers, youngsters good at programming, creative types and centres of excellence in the shape of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
If we desired people who were likely to make creative advances, we would look for youngsters — be they 4 or 14 — who have a passionate interest that they pursue without a lot of prodding.
"Winning is a bonus: what taking part in the competition has given us is motivation for youngsters to think through creative ideas and see how they can be made to happen.
On Monday evening, the First Minister will host an evening reception, celebrating the Year of Creative Scotland 2012, featuring performances from local youngsters.
I found myself wishing I could replace the Congressional leadership with those youngsters, who were bursting with creative ideas for making the world a better place.
Michael Farfan is a likely stand-in, though fans are increasingly agitating for elderly Brazilian Kleberson or diminutive Colombian youngster Roger Torres to add a creative spark in the middle.
They give youngsters a chance to flex their creative muscles as they invent new rules.
To the Editor: No one would quibble that there are far worse ways for youngsters to spend their time than exploring their creative writing potential.
"Their creative energy was amazing," said Peter Bove, a veteran filmmaker who worked with eight youngsters to produce "Ice Scream," a horror movie with "plenty of humor and drama, and even cannibals".
