Workshops
Theatre Espresso's teacher development workshop—called Drama Across the Curriculum—is available to schools, libraries, and museums. The workshop is designed to help teachers create dramatic structures that not only challenge students with cooperative problem solving, but also build confidence and encourage reflection. Teachers receive a demonstration of dramatic methods and then work in groups to adapt these techniques to their curricular needs. Each group formulates an educational goal, devises a structure to meet that goal, and then practices their structure. The session ends with an evaluation session and suggestions for classroom implementation.
We also offer a workshop for students with different content and structures but many of the same goals as Drama Across the Curriculum. Student workshops can be adjusted to provide a pre-performance or post-performance focus and are appropriately tailored to grade levels.
To find out more or to schedule a workshop, please contact Shelley Bolman Woodberry, Managing Director, at desrik@comcast.net or 617-413-1771.
Theatre In Education
Theatre Espresso believes that drama is a powerful teaching tool for teachers (and students) of all subjects. There’s probably no better testimonial to the power of connecting children to history through drama than this statement by Walter Cronkite:
"Almost every major decision in history involves a duel of personalities. And that duel of personalities is fascinating stuff. It's the stuff of which much writing has been done. And if we taught that way, the kids would be caught up in the flow of history, the flow of competition, the flow that even leads to combat. We just don't get it like that, and I'd like to see it improved."
The Connection, WBUR Radio, October 10, 2002
