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Mime and Creative Play
Artist: Bill Bowers
Type: Workshops / Residencies
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Drama
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Students are introduced to the art of physical storytelling by Broadway actor and professional mime, Bill Bowers. Through performance, demonstration, and lots…
Improvising as a Team
Artist: Freestyle Repertory Theatre
Type: Workshops / Residencies
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Character Education, Drama
Grade Level: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Who knew that building student confidence and social skills could be so much fun? One of the most basic rules of improvisation…
From Page to Stage
Artist: Patricia Flynn
Type: Workshops / Residencies
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Creative Writing, Dance & Movement, Drama, Visual Art
Grade Level: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
In From Page to Stage, students learn to adapt their favorite stories (or original written work) for a theatrical performance. Participants are…
Let’s Pretend
Artist: Patricia Flynn
Type: Workshops / Residencies
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Drama
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Dramatic play is one of the richest learning experiences for young children. In this workshop, theater games and improvisational activities engage the imagination,…
Creating Puppets
Artist: Zachary Green
Type: Workshops / Residencies
Art Form: Visual Arts
School Subject: Visual Art
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Students learn the ancient art of puppet-making and performance as they create their own puppets to perform original or traditional stories. Zach Green guides…
Romeo and Juliet
Artist: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Drama
Never was there a story of more woe! Immerse yourself in one of Shakespeare’s most renowned tragedies and find out just how…
Stories of Africa
Artist: TAHIRA
Type: Workshops / Residencies
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Drama, Social Studies, World Culture
In Stories of Africa, students take a journey through the African Diaspora via story. From the villages of Africa to the urban…
Using Art Explorations to Reach All Students
Artist: Molly Gaston Johnson
Type: Professional Learning
Grade Level: All Grades, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
In this professional learning program with visual artist Molly Gaston Johnson, teachers will learn how to use basic elements and principles of…
Beats, Rhymes, and Life
Artist: Poetry Meets Percussion
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Music
School Subject: Language Arts, Multi Art, Music, Poetry
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
This energetic and engaging exploration of percussion and poetry introduces students to how rhythms and spoken word can awaken their inner artists. Students…
Gift of Story
Artist: TAHIRA
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Character Education, Drama, Social Studies, World Culture
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
In Gift of Story, TAHIRA shares stories of hope, triumph, and tragedy, drawn from a diverse repertoire of original works and those…
Kwanzaa Tales
Artist: TAHIRA
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Drama, Social Studies, World Culture
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
In her interactive performance, TAHIRA, shares the seven principles (Nguzo Saba) of Kwanzaa. She does this through storytelling and music. Kwanzaa is…
A Little Potato and Hard to Peel
Artist: David Harrell
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Character Education, Drama
This is a universal story about a not so ordinary life. In this warm, smart, and engaging autobiographical program, David Harrell delivers…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Artist: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Literary Arts, Theater
School Subject: Drama, Language Arts
When starry-eyed young lovers and zany would-be actors cross paths with mischief-making fairies in a magical forest, the result is one of…
The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook
New Program: New
Artist: David Harrell
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Theater
School Subject: Character Education, Drama, Language Arts
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
David Harrell always wanted to be a part of playground games, but was only included when the other kids recognized that his…
Arabiqa with Karim Nagi
Artist: Karim Nagi
Type: Performances / Assembly
Art Form: Dance & Movement, Music
School Subject: Dance & Movement, Multi Art, Music, World Culture
Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian and performs on multiple percussion and string instruments from around the Arab world. He describes the…
