The Acting Company

Education

Education Programs

Primary Shakespeare

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Summary

A 5-week program (meeting the the students twice each week), Primary Shakespeare's aim is to introduce Elementary School students to the works of William Shakespeare in order to give them power over the language and stories before they have built barriers to this "difficult language" when they encounter it in their higher education. Primary Shakespeare can be modeled around any of Shakespeare's plays such as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream or Macbeth.

Introduction video

Location

In New York

Year Long Residency

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Summary

An extension of Learning Through Theater, the Year Long Residency sends a teaching artist into your English classroom once a week over the course of the school-year to inject drama-based learning practices into your core curriculum.  This program offers students the opportunity to experience any type of literature (not just plays) from a new point of view by actively engaging them in the text.

Location

In New York

Workshops

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Summary

Led by actors in our touring company ( see On Tour page), these interactive workshops cover a  variety of theatre related and show-specific topics and are available for students of all experience levels.

  • Stage Combat
  • Page to Stage: Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors
  • Acting Clues in Shakespeare
  • Post Show Question and Answer Sessions

Introduction Video

Location

Nationwide

Shakespeare for Teachers

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Summary

Utilizing the texts of Shakespeare's most famous plays, The Acting Company offers educators methods of exploring these plays that present them as the living, breathing art of theatre - the way Shakespare was meant to be explored. Engage your class with drama based exercises perfect for work with the Bard yet applicaple across the curriculum.

Introduction video

Location

Nationwide

Duration

1 day

Student Performance Series

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Summary

In conjunction with our National Tour, The Acting Company presents full-length and school friendly one-hour performances of the productions in the Company's current repertory.  Each student performance is complete with a post-performance question and answer session with the company of actors.

Location

Nationwide

Learning Through Theater

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Summary

The Acting Company's flagship education program, presented in conjunction with our National Tour (click ON TOUR page); Learning Through Theater (LTT) is a weeklong, in-class, artistic residency. A Teaching Artist will come directly into your classroom to work with your students for four day in order to fully prepare them to attend a performance in the Company's current repertory. The fifth day of the residency has the students attending the performance with the Teaching Artist with a chance to reflect on the production with a professional actor.

Introduction video

Location

Nationwide

Duration

5 days

Class size

30 students maximum in one class with up to 3 classes possible each day of the residency

Primary Shakespeare

To request this program to come to your school, please fill out the information below, and we will contact you to discuss further details. Programs are only available in conjunction with our national tour.

Year Long Residency

To request this program to come to your school, please fill out the information below, and we will contact you to discuss further details. Programs are only available in conjunction with our national tour.

Workshops

To request this program to come to your school, please fill out the information below, and we will contact you to discuss further details. Programs are only available in conjunction with our national tour.

Shakespeare for Teachers

To register for this program, please fill out the information below. We will contact you regarding available class dates.

Student Performance Series

To request this program to come to your school, please fill out the information below, and we will contact you to discuss further details. Programs are only available in conjunction with our national tour.

Learning Through Theater

To register for this program, please fill out the information below. We will contact you regarding available class dates.