Drama Sampler
Tailored to each age group, this workshop of theatre games, improvisation, pantomime, and movement serves as a drama overview to stimulate imagination and encourage vocal and physical creativity. From tongue twisters to team-building games, participants learn skills and techniques used in the world of acting. (Grades ECE-5)
Hippos to Hedgehogs: Imaginative Play
Children explore connections between body, mind, and imagination as they are invited to physically create a variety of animals and objects. The instructor uses recorded music, percussion instruments, and handclapping to guide imaginative movement and creative play. Students learn focus, listening skills, and gross motor skills. (ECE-2)
Interactive Storytelling
Students play an active role in storytelling during this workshop that takes a novel approach to literacy. Participating in narrative games including: sound stories, physical acting, storyboards, and collaborative tale creation, students learn about characters, events, and setting throughout their workshop experience. (Grades K-2)
Poetry in Action
In this workshop drama and literacy come together as students create and perform short scenes based on well-known poems. Youth explore pace, characterization, gesture, emotion, space, and energy to engage with and reimagine simple text. As students work together in groups, they learn about teamwork, the creative dramatic process, and how to engage more completely with literature. (Grades 2-12)
Swashbuckling
Learn how actors create those stage and scene battles without pain! Students learn the simple terms and techniques for hand-to-hand stage combat, as well as introductory fencing techniques. (Grades 4-12)
The Parts that Make the Whole
Incorporating visual, sound-based, and theatrical storytelling, this workshop encourages students to examine different points of view, exercise empathy, and practice adopting the perspective of others. Students take a highly interactive approach to exploring fictional tales and personal narrative. (Grades 3-8)
This workshop supports Essential Skill-building in: information literacy, self-advocacy, and cultural awareness.
Yes, and…Comedy Improv
Participants take part in a variety of theatre and improvisation games. From partner improvs to group improvs, everyone gets a chance to play. Students develop self-confidence, learn about comic timing, and strengthen cooperation and listening skills. (Grades 4-12)
Playmaking
Participants are introduced to acting concepts and terminology through a series of creative activities. Students are then selected to become actors in an adapted version of one of the plays listed below. Given costumes, props, and few simple lines, participants magically bring each story to life. Plays available for this workshop include:
● Journey to Treasure Island: Red, the Pirate Queen, is the villain in this play in which pirates maneuver to take over the ship and find the buried treasure in this humorous take on a classic tale. (Grades 3-5)
● Hansel and Gretel’s Fairy Tale Adventure: This workshop combines a variety of fairy tales with Hansel and Gretel as they set out on an adventure encountering characters from classic children’s stories. (Grades 1-5)
● The Rainbow Fish: Based on the book, the journey of the Rainbow Fish comes to life in this whole group play about friendship. (Grades ECE-2)
● Wild Things: Follow Max on his journey to meet the Wild Things in this interactive play of a favorite childhood story. (Grades K-3)
● Horton Hears a Who: Explore the Jungle of Nool! Where the silly gets serious as students recreate Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who. (Grades 1-4)
● The Seven Dwarfs: A comedic adaptation of the classic tale where the setting remains the same, but the dwarfs have been changed to set the scene for a silly adventure! (Grades K-4)
● Grumpy Monkey: Jim Panzee is in a terrible mood, but his jungle buddies can’t understand what’s wrong in this story that explores feelings and friendship. (Grades ECE-1)
Bucket Drumming
