2016-17 Education Programs Book

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2016-17 PROGRAMS

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Thank you for your interest in Long Wharf Theatre’s education programs. In recent years, Long Wharf has reaffirmed our commitment to theatre education as a vital part of our mission and critical to the quality of life in our region. We have made major expansions of our programming, including adding more student matinee performances and adding a new program, the “Moments and Minutes” monologue competition, to our suite of offerings.

If you are reading this brochure, then you are already one of the converted. You know that arts education can help develop 21st century workplace skills like public speaking, textual analysis, and collaborative problem solving in a way that is engaging and often fun. Yet, the study and practice of theatre is so much more. It is an opportunity for students to access some of the greatest literary works as they were meant to be experienced—performed, not read. Familiarity with great plays, whether it is Measure for Measure or Fences, not only rounds out a student’s education, but provides a platform on which he or she can explore what it means to be a human being. The empathy and understanding which can be generated from the study of drama may be its greatest benefit for our young people, and it is especially important in this time of division, alienation, and the isolation that social media can bring.

Long Wharf sees its role as a community organization to combat this trend. We hope that you will see us as a partner to keep arts education available for students. We are so proud of our team in education, and believe that they can become an important resource for your work.

It is our hope that you and your students will join the over 6,000 students and 200 classrooms with which we worked last year. Our teaching artists are dedicated to exploring the mind, body, and heart.

We look forward to sharing this journey with you.

Gordon Edelstein

Joshua Borenstein

Artistic Director

Managing Director

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Welcome to a new school year and another exciting season with Long Wharf Theatre. For those who are new to us, we are so excited to invite you to the Long Wharf family. For those returning, welcome back!

Our programs fall into three major categories: for teachers, students, and classrooms.

We hope that you see something that will be a perfect fit for you and your students.

For Teachers • E D LAB, a professional development series for teachers and administrators that occurs three times a year.

• Partnering Artist in Residence Program (PAIR), a collaborative arts integration experience between you and a LWT teaching artist to bring any curriculum alive.

• Creative Exchange, an opportunity to preview a show before bringing your students and to make connections with LWT and other likeminded teachers.

For Students • Student Theatre Series, these productions have dedicated 11AM matinees, 2-day residencies with a LWT teaching artist, and supplementary classroom materials to help you facilitate deeper engagement with the themes of the plays. We offer a special student group price for tickets for these shows, as well as any show in our season.

• Moments & Minutes, our annual performance and visual arts festival for grades K-12.

• Studio School, performance-based classes taught at LWT by our Education Department and special guest artists throughout the year, for both youth and adults.

F or Classroom s • We offer workshops and residencies during the day or after-school with curriculum focused on Community Building, Playmaking, Playwriting, Presentation Skills, or a new program designed by us to fit your needs.

For more information about programs, pricing, and how to engage, contact Madelyn Ardito, Director of Education, at madelyn.ardito@longwharf.org or 203-772-8272.

MADELYN ARDITO director of EDUCATION Delighted to work in the Education Department at Long Wharf Theatre, Madelyn graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2009 with a BA in Theatre Studies and a minor in Women’s Studies. Madelyn has gained experience teaching, directing, devising work, grant writing, and administration through her work with Long Wharf Theatre, Collective Consciousness Theatre, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School, and the Shubert Theatre and Arts Summer Camp. She has had the honor of working with students ages 4-100 years old, in fact, in one year she simultaneously taught a granddaughter and grandmother in two different programs. She received an award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for guiding her students through a stigma-busting original work about how mental illness affects our everyday lives. She has collaborated with amazing artistic and cultural organizations such as Pilobolus Dance Theatre, the Urban Bushwoman, the annual True Colors Conference, My Sister’s Place, and the Connecticut Center for Nonviolence. She is passionately dedicated to creating original pieces of theatre with people of all ages and experience levels who have powerful and influential voices.

ELIZA ORLEANS education programs manager Eliza Orleans is in her third year of working at Long Wharf. She has taught at the Shubert Theatre, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Children’s Community Programs of CT, Florida Studio Theatre, and Birch Trail Camp for Girls. Eliza previously served as an Associate Director of the Theatermakers program at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Her directing credits include The Passover Plays (One Bird Productions), Wiley and the Hairy Man (Long Wharf’s Young Audiences), A World with Three Sides (O’Neill Young Playwrights), and She (The Underground.) She has assisted directors at Long Wharf, the Goodman, and Second Stage Theatre. Eliza was a recipient of a 2015 Observership through the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. She is an alumna of Ithaca College and the National Theater Institute. barbara HENTSCHEL Resident Teaching Artist Barbara is in her fourth season as a Resident Teaching Artist at Long Wharf Theatre. She writes curriculum and has taught In-School residencies for schools in New Haven and throughout CT including; Davis Street Arts and Academics School, Lorraine D. Foster Day, CT Experimental Learning Center, Ridge Rd Elementary, Morgan HS, Mauro-Sheridan, Amity HS, Norwalk-Brien McMahon, Metropolitan Business Academy HS, and New Horizons.

Barbara facilitates Long Wharf’s Student Theatre Series, ED LAB, PAIR Program and the Moments & Minutes Festival. In addition, she teaches adult acting classes and coaches in LWT’s Studio School. Barbara is an experienced early childhood educator having worked in private schools in both NYC and CT. A native of New York, Barbara has worked extensively in theatre as an actor and earned her MFA in acting as part of the inaugural class of the Actors Studio MFA program at The New School, NYC. Barbara passionately believes that the study of theatre is the study of empathy and that theatre teaches us what it means to be human.

a professional development series that occurs three times a year at Long Wharf Theatre. Teachers from all subjects and grade levels are invited to participate and learn arts-integration techniques for their classrooms.

For Teachers

Thanks to EdLab, my teaching has flourished stylistically and widened in scope and content. I have witnessed a significant deepening in the understanding my students possess of the potential and relevance of theatre as both an art form and a tool for personal and collective transformation. – Lara Morton, Davis Street Magnet School

Each day will have two master classes that focus on themes and techniques that correlate with our Student Theatre Series and will help you add tools to your teacher toolbox! These sessions happen on three Saturdays during the year, 9AM – 3PM.

2016-17 Dates: O ct. 8 Dec. 10 Feb. 25

YOU GET: • • • • • •

A total of six master classes Up to 12 professional development hours Breakfast and lunch A community of dedicated teachers in the area A connection with LWT staff Up to 25 FREE tickets for your students if you attend all three ED LABs • FREE access to our Partnering Artist in Residence (PAIR) Program • Past workshop facilitators include ensemble members of Fiasco Theater Company, Leigh Fondakowski of Tectonic Theater, and Raphael Massie of Elm Shakespeare

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have worked with the education branches of other theaters and I have found Long Wharf to be the most accessible, rewarding, and easy to work with. The workshops and video make it much easier to integrate the show into the curriculum. The workshop activities engage the critical thinking and intrapersonal skills that are essential in 21st century learning, so I know I am truly giving my students an enrichment experience—not a “presentation.”

– Jessica Dwyer, Valley Regional High School

Bring your students to our theatre to see productions of the highest quality that inspire discourse and reflection about each of us and the world in which we live.

Dedicated 11AM performances for student audiences Purchasing tickets for your students entitles you to the following FREE materials:

• A pre-show and post-show workshop with one of LWT’s teaching artists.

• A Video Study Guide to give you and your students a behind-the-scenes look at the play.

• A Teacher Information Packet (TIP) to further engage your students with the play. Includes dramaturgical information, a glossary, study questions, and in-class activities.

– Simone, Hamden High School

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he experience at Long Wharf was so much fun. I loved being part of the audience with so many other schools. The theatre is intimate and it makes you feel up close and personal to the actors.

S E A S O N

Thanks to the support of our generous donors, student tickets for groups of 10 or more are available for all performances at our lowest ticket price of $18 and chaperones attend for FREE (one per ten students). A one-time $5 group fee will be added per transaction. visit our website Additional ticket subsidies are available for to fill out the online Title I Schools through our Ticket and request form.

Travel Fund. Please visit www.longwharf.org A confirmation of your to fill out a donation request form. reservation with a Student Groups Sales Contract Please check our Box Office webpage for a full listing will be sent to you of performance dates upon processing. and times.

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S E A S O N

This box indicates a Student Theatre Series show.

Please reference the previous page for all the details

Meteor Shower by Steve Martin A WORLD PREMIERE A Co-Production with The Old Globe Directed by Gordon Edelstein September 28- October 23, 2016 On the Claire Tow Stage in the Newton Schenck III Theatre Corky and Norm are excited to host Gerald and Laura at their home in the valley outside Los Angeles to watch a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower. But as the stars come out and the conversation gets rolling, it becomes clear that Gerald and Laura might not be all that they appear to be. Over the course of a crazy, starlit dinner party, the wildly unexpected occurs.

The couples begin to flirt and insanity reigns. Martin, using his trademark absurdist humor, bends the fluid nature of time and reality to create a surprising and unforgettably funny new play.

Suggested Age Range: 13+ Curriculum Connections: Marriage and relationships, absurdism, human psychology, societal and cultural norms.

Other People’s Money by Jerry Sterner Directed by Marc Bruni On the Claire Tow Stage in the Newton Schenck III Theatre November 23- December 18, 2016 Larry ‘The Liquidator’ Garfinkle is a donut-chomping, fast-talking Wall Street takeover artist, and if you are running a business, he’s the last person you want to darken your door. When he goes crazy over New England Wire and Cable’s undervalued stock, it’s up to Kate, a brilliant young lawyer, to stop him from gutting the company. Can she save her hometown’s venerable factory from a gleeful corporate shark? Or should she?

Suggested Age Range: 13+ Curriculum Connections: Wall Street, the culture of Big Banks, money and power, economics, ethics.

Endgame by Samuel Beckett Directed By Gordon Edelstein January 4- February 5, 2017 On Stage II Brian Dennehy (Krapp’s Last Tape, Hughie, and Love Letters), among the greatest stage actors of this generation, stars in this once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event! Samuel Beckett’s Endgame is a 20th century comic masterpiece that explores the futility of human existence. Endgame takes place inside a bare room by the sea, where four characters—Hamm (a blind man), Clov (his servant), Nell and Nagg (pestering parents) —are stuck and awaiting their final days. Through the lenses of absurd characters, poetic dialogue and minimal use of set, we experience the bare core of humanity and poke fun as we consider life’s big questions such as “is there meaning, is there truth, is there reason in the chaos of life?”

Suggested Age Range: 13+ Curriculum Connections: Theatre of the Absurd, Existentialism, Avant-garde, Minimalism, Modernism, Post Modernism, Vaudeville (Marx Brothers, Chaplin), World War I & II, Cold War, Philosophy (Camus, Sartre) 11AM Student Matinee: Thursday, January 19 In order to provide the best experience for you and your students, all schools booking tickets for this performance will be required to engage in our 2-day residency.

Napoli Brooklyn by Meghan Kennedy A WORLD PREMIERE A Co-Production with Roundabout Theatre

Company Directed by Gordon Edelstein On the Claire Tow Stage in the Newton Schenck III Theatre February 15- March 12, 2017 1960, Brooklyn. The women of the Muscolino family are desperate to find a life beyond their four walls,

Smart People by Lydia R. Diamond Directed By Desdemona Chiang On Stage II March 15- April 9, 2017 Brilliant, hilarious, and incisive, Smart People explores the deep questions of race and identity. On the eve of Obama’s first election, four intellectuals—a doctor, an actress, a psychologist, and a neurobiologist studying the human brain’s response to racial differences—find themselves entangled in a complex web of social and sexual politics. Everyone wants to be successful, to find love, and to feel as if they’ve made a positive impact on the world. In

the great tradition of Clybourne Park and Disgraced, Smart People asks the questions that don’t always get asked in public.

Suggested Age Range: 15+ Curriculum Connections: Racial and gender politics, current events, sociology.

11AM Matinee Date: Thursday, April 6

Table by Adam Gopnik and David Shire Directed by Gordon Edelstein On the Claire Tow Stage in the Newton Schenck III Theatre May 3-May 28, 2017 From the brilliant minds of The New Yorker Writer Adam Gopnik and Academy Award-winning composer David Shire comes a joyful new musical about a tiny family restaurant. David Kaplan is a chef’s chef, making beautiful, simple food of uncompromising quality in his lovely Union Square restaurant. But in the crowded, cutthroat and expensive Manhattan food scene, is that enough to survive and compete with the next big thing? Enter Sergio, an old friend, rival, and possible savior. This hotshot celebrity chef has offered David a chance to give his restaurant a makeover.

Will David sacrifice his pride to save his beloved little restaurant?

Suggested Age Range: 10+ Curriculum Connections: The income gap, the decline of the middle class, adaptation, musical theater.

Creative Exchange is a forum to share ideas with LWT Education staff and other leaders in youth programming. This evening will provide a space to learn about our education programs, to preview our productions before bringing your students, and deepen your relationship with LWT and other community members.

Join our email list to be the first to receive invitations!

The evening includes a cocktail hour, a conversation and a show. The first 20 guests to RSVP will receive one complimentary ticket. Open to teachers, administrators, parent leaders, and potential collaborators.

For students

hiding dreams, loves, and longings. Francesca, the youngest, years for her true love; Tina, confidence and friendship; Vita, the chance to live the kind of life she pleases. Their mother Luda nurses her own quiet pains. Yet, in the quest for happiness, each of these women fight to find their voices. They struggle to hold on to them, and to each other. Napoli Brooklyn is a poetic and beautiful play about sisterhood, freedom, and forgiveness.

Suggested Age Range: 13+ Curriculum Connections: Italian language and culture, immigration and assimilation, the history of Brooklyn, NY, human development and family studies, sexual politics.

11AM Student Matinee: Thursday, March 2

Partnering Artist in Residence (PAIR) Work with a teaching artist to integrate the arts into your curriculum.

Community Building Bring your class together through theatre games and exercises.

Presentation Skills Build your students’ confidence and clarity when speaking or performing publicly.

Playmaking Work as an ensemble to put on a play, whether something previously published or an original work.

Playwriting Learn techniques to unlock your creativity and craft your own play.

Moments & Minutes

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A writing and performance workshop leading up to LWT’s annual Moments and Minutes Festival; a spoken word and visual arts contest for youth. This in-school residency is FREE. Pricing is determined based on duration of program and number of students.

For classrooms

Bring an LWT teaching artist into your school for a day, a week, a semester, or a year! Our department will work with you to craft an in-class or after-school program to serve your students in the best possible way.

More workshops will be announced throughout the year!

Youth and Adult classes at Long Wharf Theatre taught by our Education Staff and Guest Artists. To find out more, visit longwharf.org/studio-school.

Fall 2016

An Actor’s Showcase Ages 8 - 13 $250 per student Saturdays, Oct. 15 - December 10 (No class Nov. 26) Culminates in a final performance

Spring 2016 Scene Study: Endgame by Samuel Beckett Ages 18+ $300, includes a ticket to a performance of Endgame at LWT Mondays, Jan. 9 - Feb. 13 Improvisation Ages 10 - 16 $250 Saturdays, March 4 - April 22 Culminates in a final performance

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Scene Study: Meteor Shower by Steve Martin Ages 18+ $300, includes a ticket to a performance of Meteor Shower at LWT Mondays, Sept. 26 - Oct. 24 (No class Oct. 3, session will be held Thursday, Oct. 6)

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SPOKEN WORD, MONOLOGUE & VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL FOR NEW HAVEN YOUTH FRIDAY MAY 19

Long Wharf’s annual Moments & Minutes Festival is a celebration of our community’s youth. The evening will showcase original art devised by students from all over, highlighting both their individual and collective experiences.

Two years ago, Moments & Minutes celebrated where you were from.

Last year, we focused on who you are.

This year, we want to know where you are going.

Guidelines for Submission: • L ong Wharf will accept spoken word poems, monologues, and visual art work relating to the theme WHAT DO YOU WISH FOR? • STUDENTS can submit their work at www.longwharf.org/moments-minutes • TEACHERS can invite a LWT Teaching Artist into the classroom for on-site auditions.

Deadline for Submissions: March 15, 2017

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y experience with Long Wharf made me feel like I could achieve anything. Like nothing could hold me back. It felt good to get everything off my chest as to how I view myself as a person.

The Long Wharf staff encouraged me 100 percent to do my very best.

– Naszir Garnes, Moments & Minutes Participant

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This year’s theme is: WHAT DO YOU WISH FOR?

A Better Chance Program ACES Educational Center for the Arts ACES Whitney High North Action for Bridgeport Community Development Albertus Magnus College Alternative Center for Excellence Amistad High School Amity High School Ansonia High School Arch Bridge School ARTFARM Asnuntuck Community College Barnum School Beecher Road School Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School Blessed John Paul II Bolton High School Boys and Girls Club of New Haven Branford High School Brien McMahon High School Bristol Central High School Brookfield High School Brown Trinity Repertory Theatre Bullard Haven Technical High School Center for Global Studies Central Connecticut State University Chase Collegiate School Cheshire Academy Cheshire High School Children’s Community Programs of CT Choate Rosemary Hall Christian Omega Academy Church Street School Coginchaug Regional High School Cold Spring School College and Career Readiness Center Common Ground High School Connecticut College Conte West Hills Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet HS Crosby High School Connecticut College CT Experiential Learning Center Dag Hammarskjold Middle School

Daniel Hand High School Darien High School Davis Street School East Windsor High School Edgewood Magnet School Elm City College Prep Middle School Emmett O’Brien Technical High School Engineering-Science University Magnet School Ezra Academy Fair Haven School Fairfield College Preparatory School Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield University Francis Walsh Intermediate School Gateway Community College Granby Memorial High School Grove J. Tuttle School Guilford High School Hamden Collaborative Learning Center Hamden Hall Country Day School Hamden High School Hamden Middle School

Lorraine D. Foster Day School Marrakech INC Marvelwood School Mauro Sheridan Magnet School Meadowside Elementary School Metropolitan Business Academy Middletown High School Montville High School Nathan Hale School National Theatre Institute New Haven Academy New Haven Adult Education Center New Haven Public Schools New Horizons School for Higher Learning New Light High School Newington High School Newtown High School Norwalk Community College Old Lyme High School Old Saybrook High School Our Lady of Mercy School Park City Prep

Is your school listed here? Would you like it to be?

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Harborside Middle School Hartford Public Law & Government High School in the Community Highville Charter Hill Regional Career High School Hillhouse High School Homeschool Network Hope Academy Hopkins School Hotchkiss School Hudson County Technical Schools Hyde Leadership School International Festival of Arts & Ideas John S. Martinez School Joseph Melillo Middle School King Robinson Magnet School

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Pathways Academy of Technology and Design Pathways Homeschool Pathways Regional Educational Center Pathways Rocky Hill Plainville High School Platt High School Polly T McCabe High School Pomperaug Reg High School Pompfret School Quinnipiac Real World Magnet School and Laboratory Quinnipiac University Regional Center for the Arts Ridge Road Elementary School Riverside Education Academy RJ Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts

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Roberto Clemente Academy Rogers Park Middle School Rowayton Elementary School Sacred Heart Academy Sacred Heart University Seymour High School Shakespeare Institut Shepaug High School Sound School Southern Connecticut State University Spring Glen School St John Paul School St. Francis School St. Gabriel’s School St. Lawrence School St. Martin De Porres St. Mary of Czestochowa St. Paul Catholic High School Stonington High School The Foote School The Gunnery School The Morgan School The Williams School Torrington High School Trumbull High School University of Bridgeport University of New Haven Valley Regional High School Warren Harding High School Waterbury Arts Magnet Watkinson School Wesleyan University West Haven High School Westbrook High School Wexler Grant Community School Wheeler High School Whisconier Middle School Wilbur Cross High School Wilby High School Wilton High School Woodhouse Academy Woodstock Union High School Worthington Hooker Middle School Yale University

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