Teaching Common Core with Playback Theatre
Available: In Person

For teachers. This highly interactive workshop explores Playback Theatre performance techniques for the classroom. Playback is a heavily improvisation-based technique that transforms real-life stories into pieces of theatre. Utilizing the National Core Arts Anchor Standards as a framework participants will conceive, perform, understand, and relate to Playback Theatre as a teaching pedagogy and a way to develop artistic literacy with students. Topics include an overview of Playback, the National Core Arts Standards, specific training in Playback techniques of fluid sculpture and three sole, conductor training, and a review of how this genre connects to the Common Core. This Playback Theatre intensive enriches the theatre education experience of teachers by providing a refreshingly new form of low-budget yet meaningful and impactful way to create theatre with a spectrum of ages and abilities.

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Teaching SEL Through Drama and Theatre
Available: Synchronous, Asynchronous w/optional live Q&A, or In Person
For teachers. This seminar is designed to illuminate the intersection between theatre arts education and Social-Emotional Learning. Gordon will highlight the intentional application of appropriate teaching and learning strategies, with the overarching goal of enhancing Theatre Arts Education and/or including it in your teaching practice. Learn drama and theatre activities to address multiple competencies (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making). Learn the connections between the five SEL competencies and the anchor standards in

theatre arts. 

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Teaching Stage Makeup
Available: Synchronous, Asynchronous w/optional live Q&A, or In Person

For teachers. Most teachers and leaders in theatre education programs have very little formal training in stage makeup. In this workshop, makeup artist Gordon Hensley will share tips on teaching and assessing student makeup work, proper makeup removal, makeup kits and supplies, how to cut corners on costs, and the sanitary way to share makeup as a troupe. 

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Makeup Consultation Session
Available: Synchronous, Asynchronous w/optional live Q&A, or In Person

This workshop session provides teachers the opportunity to garner advice and tips on how to approach makeup designs and logistics for upcoming productions.  Makeup artist Gordon Hensley will consult with teachers in open forum.

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