Residencies and Workshops
For Students in Grades 3-8

This residency, geared for students in grades 3-8, integrates Theater with Language Arts and Social Studies curricular goals. Students explore dramatically either the impact of periods in history on the lives of historical figures or the motivations of fictional characters in literature. Then they write monologues or letters from the point of view of key figures in history or fiction that explain their motivation, the obstacles they faced, how they overcame or failed to overcome them, and their hopes for and influences on the future. Students work in collaborative groups to create informal performances using the monologues or letters. Finally, students perform their monologues or letters.