After School Residencies
Explore unique ways to tell stories through theatre and visual arts in the comfort of your own school through after-school programming arranged through your school’s PTA or afterschool coordinator.
2011/12 Residencies:
Animal Tales
Grade Level: K – 1st Grade
Explore the wild side of the animal kingdom from the safety and warmth of a classroom. Each week, students will discover new creatures—from the smallest mouse to the most magnificent dragon—through creative play, song, movement, and visual arts. Animal Tales concludes with an open class showing for family members.
Crazy Characters
Grade Level: K – 1st Grade
Description: Using their imaginations as their guides, students will explore familiar characters and create new ones through creative play, movement, visual art and puppet-making. Crazy Characters culminates in an informal sharing of students’ favorite characters for family members.
Destination Anywhere!
Grade Level: K – 2nd Grade
Each week students will be presented with a new location —from California to Calcutta—that they learn about through imagination games, and then create and act-out their own characters and stories. The residency introduces students to a variety of cultures and countries while teaching fundamentals of theatre. Destination Anywhere! culminates in an informal (and informational!) showing for family members.
Fractured Fairy Tales
Grade Level: K – 2nd Grade
Shake up your favorite stories! Students will have the chance to re-visit some of their favorite fairy tales and learn how to tell them in a whole new way. What if Goldilocks and the Three Bears decided to become friends? What if the Princess refuses to kiss that Frog? Whatever happened to Cinderella’s Step Sisters? The possibilities are endless! Fractured Fairy Tales culminates in an informal sharing for family members during the last class.
Adventures in Acting
Grade Level: 2nd – 3rd grade
Come along on a theatrical adventure with Round House Theatre each week! The itinerary for this theatrical journey includes: creative drama, improvisation and performing with scripts. Adventures in Acting culminates with a demonstration of skills learned and showing of short scenes for family members.
Create Your Own Adventure
Grade Level: 2nd – 4th Grade
What if the Big Bad Wolf blew down the Little Pig’s house of bricks? What new powers would you give Superman to defeat villains? In this residency, students create their own adventures by taking control of stories and characters, and re-imagining them through improvisation and playmaking. This residency will culminate in an open session and informal showing for family members.
Myths and Tall Tales
Grade Level: 3rd – 5th Grade
From Apollo to Annie Oakley, from Zeus to Pecos Bill, there are countless stories of great “larger than life” characters to discover in this new and exciting class! Students will get the opportunity to hear and explore some amazing Myths and Tall Tales from around the world and then create some stories of their own. This residency will culminate in an open session and sharing of student work.
3, 2, 1 – PLAY!
Grade Level: 3rd – 5th grade
This class allows students to learn about theatre by making it! Each week participants will be presented with a new picture, song, story, or game from which they can create original short plays. The last session of 3, 2, 1—PLAY! will be open to family members to create with their children.
Make Me Laugh
Grade Level: 3rd – 5th grade
Tickle your funny bone! In this class, students will explore the humor of everyday life and turn it into theatrical performance. Through improvisation students will learn different approaches to comedy. Make Me Laugh culminates in an informal showing for family members.
If you are on your school’s PTA and would like to book an After-School Residency at your school or for more information, contact the Education Center at education@roundhousetheatre.org or 301.585.1225.
