BUILDING A CHARACTER
Price: $50
Duration: 60 min
Locations: See below
The class is designed for students to gain a deeper understanding of familiar stories by exploring favorite characters from classic folk tales such as Chicken Little and defining who they are, what they do, and how other characters relate to them. Utilizing Story Theater Tradition, which may include shadow puppets, and with minimal props and sets, students discover how to create a character using their faces, bodies, and voices. The students experience the classic stories from the character's point of view; in every sense they get a chance to walk in another person's shoes and have tremendous fun doing it!
Ultimately the class is designed to teach children empathy through character study and theater play.
Grades: K-2nd or 3rd-5th Grades
IMPROV
Price: $50
Duration: 60 min
Location: See below
DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACT USING IMPROVISATION SKILLS? DO YOU ADMIRE COMEDIANS QUICK WIT? WELL YOU TOO CAN LEARN THE SKILLS GREAT COMEDIANS USE BY TAKING A THEATER GAMES & IMPROVISATION CLASS. THE CLASS WILL FOCUS ON THEATER GAMES AND IMPROVISATION BASED ON VIOLA SPOLIN’S IMPROVISATION FOR THE THEATER.
STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE BASIC SKILLS OF COMEDY IMPROVISATION AND ENHANCE THEIR EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING SKILLS, TEAM BUILDING AND LISTENING SKILLS.
Grades: 6th–9th or 10th-12th Grades
Tell me a story
Price: $50
Duration: 60 min
Location: See below
Students learn acting and improvisation through Paul Sills and Viola Splolin’s Classic story theater form. Through theater games and exercises paired with classic folk tales and legends from around the world, students create original plays developed and performed by the ensemble. Students get the opportunity to participate in all aspects of creation, from character development to script writing, to scenic creation.
Grades: 3rd-5th, 6th-9th, or 10th-12th Grades
THEATER GAMES & IMPROV
Price: $50
Duration: 60 min
Location: See below
DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACT USING IMPROVISATION SKILLS? DO YOU ADMIRE COMEDIANS QUICK WIT? WELL YOU TOO CAN LEARN THE SKILLS GREAT COMEDIANS USE BY TAKING A THEATER GAMES & IMPROVISATION CLASS. THE CLASS WILL FOCUS ON THEATER GAMES AND IMPROVISATION BASED ON VIOLA SPOLIN’S IMPROVISATION FOR THE THEATER.
STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE BASIC SKILLS OF COMEDY IMPROVISATION AND ENHANCE THEIR EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING SKILLS, TEAM BUILDING AND LISTENING SKILLS.
Grades: 3rd-5th, 6th-9th, or 10th-12th Grades
currently holding classes in the following schools: