CREATING OUR OWN STORIES
Using music, movement, voice, theater and storytelling games, storyteller Robin Bady engages students in the process of inventing, scripting, illustrating and performing an original class story. Residencies culminate in an informal presentation of the class story to an audience of their peers. Each child receives a bound copy of the story with his or her own illustration.
STORYTELLING
IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER
Students develop concentration, team-work and quick thinking as they work with Freestyle Repertory Theater's improvisation artists. Students learn how to create scenes, stories, songs and poems on the spot within structured theater games.
STORYTELLING
THEATER & MASK MAKING
ACTING
STORYTELLING
Storyteller Tammy hall emphasizes the importance of listening skills as she teaches students how to interact with and dramatize a story. Students create their own stories and act them out in small groups.
CREATIVE DRAMATICS
PUPPETRY
KIDS ON STAGE
Director and educator Victor Maog uses the tools of theater to engage children's imagination, problem-solving skills and practice of teamwork. Through playful improvisations and role-play, students experience varied methods for articulating language and movement messages, increase their discipline and respect and develop interpretive skills that translate to the classroom and beyond.
THEATER/STORYTELLING
Storyteller and actress Maxine Maxwell works with children to interpret and re-tell a familiar children's story through the use of theater games, costumes and improvisation techniques. Children gain an understanding of the story's characters through an exploration of vocal, facial and body expression.
STORYTELLING
THE PLAYWRITING PROJECT
Ellen Norman Melamed guides students through the craft and creative process of writing play. Each student learns to develop a theme, create a plot, characters and to draw set designs and costumes. Students write dialogue and through Ms. Melamed's constructive criticism, learn how to revise and edit their work.
STORYTELLING AND SHADOW PUPPETRY
Through storytelling and puppetry, artist Erin Orr engages students in the process of understanding how to work collaboratively to produce a puppet show. After making their own shadow puppets, students share an Anansi Story with other students in the school. They deepen their understanding of narrative structure and expand descriptive language through participatory activities led by Ms. Orr.
LATIN AMERICAN FOLK TALES AND SONGS
Actor and storyteller Felix Pitre uses songs, stories, dance and puppetry to bring to life the richness and joy of Hispanic folklore, customs and music. Students learn storytelling technique as they re-tell familiar stories or create their own tales.
STORYTELLING
Storyteller and writer Bob Reiser shares folk tales, myths and other stories with students and then breaks down the mystery of story-making into an eight-step process that students use to write their own stories. Students read their original stories to their classmates in a supportive atmosphere encouraging discussion about the techniques and content.
CREATIVE DRAMATICS
PLAYWRITING
Actor, director and storyteller Carmen Rivera teaches students the elements of play writing. Using improvisational techniques, students create and develop characters and situations then transpose their scenes onto the written page. At the culminating event, students may present their scenes to the class.
STORYTELLING AND PUPPETRY
Through storytelling and puppetry, artist Lake Simon engages students in the process of developing their own stories, which they share with other students in the school through a puppet show.
STORYTELLING
Storyteller Joy Kelly Smith brings a rich array of stories to life by involving children in an amalgam of creative drama, movement and music activity. Children explore the structure and meaning of stories using a variety of theater techniques. The students express themselves and expand their imaginations as they physicalize scenes, create dialogue and characters. Ms. Smith also infuses her workshops with a repertoire of songs that are used for vocal warm-up and as part of the stories.
PLAYWRITING
Actor, director and play writeCandido Tirado helps students tap into their imaginations through play writing workshops. Students participate in improvisational theater, character development and script writing focused on creating and resolving conflict. Students may also experience a dramatic reading of their scripts by professional actors.
CREATIVE DRAMATICS
