2015-16 Education Programs Book

programs 2015-16

Our Mission: To c r e at e t h e at r e o f t h e h i g h e s t q ua l i t y t h at i n s p i r e s d i s c o u r s e a n d r e f l e c t i o n a b o u t e ac h o f u s a n d t h e wo r l d i n w h i c h w e l i v e .

Dear Educator, Thank you for your consideration of Long Wharf Theatre’s education programs. During our 50th anniversary season, Long Wharf reaffirmed its commitment to theatre education as a vital part of our activities and of our region. We 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 offerings.

If you are reading this brochure, then you are already one of the converted. You know that arts education can 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 vehicle in which he or she can explore what it means to be human. The empathy and understanding which can be generated from the study of drama may be its greatest benefit for our young people.

Long Wharf sees our 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 I hope that they become an important resource for your work.

We hope that you and your students will join the over 5,200 students and 195 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 Artistic Director

Joshua Borenstein Managing Director

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CREATIVITY. INNOVATION. EXPLORATION. OUR VISION Innovate, offer, and implement new programming in which teachers, administrators, artists, and students can collaborate.

Explore the role of theatre investigating deeper and more critical engagement with the world around us.

Create new opportunities for expression in a safe space and provide a home for that self-discovery at Long Wharf Theatre.

Dear Educator, Welcome to a new school year and a new theatrical season. We in the Education Department hope to see you in person soon, whether at the theatre or in your classroom.

For 51 seasons, Long Wharf has been committed to inspiring vibrant conversations that emerge from the live and communal event that is theater. Our goal is to produce work that is fresh and stimulates resonant questions about the world we live in. In our department, we hope to strengthen the relationship between your classroom and the arts.

This year’s Student Theater Series, Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, Fiasco Theater’s Production of Measure for Measure, and Emily Mann’s Having Our Say:The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, are historically and culturally diverse in content, yet converge at the themes of human identity. These works dare us to inherently reconsider how and why we share our stories.

I encourage you to reach out to us over the coming year. We invite you to come to the theatre, sign up for a class through Ed Lab or Studio School. We would be delighted to collaborate in your classroom to devise a program with you and your school. Attend our Creative Exchange and meet other educators and arts activists in the community. Encourage your students to submit to our second annual Moments and Minutes monologue festival. Introduce yourself. We would love to meet you and your students.

OUR OBJECTIVES • Empower students to participate, regardless of age, skill level, or background.

• Support the creative exchange of ideas across disciplines and foster relationships within the local community.

• Utilize the arts an instrument of conversation about our world.

• Build the audiences, artists, and citizens of tomorrow.

I am proud to work at an institution that believes at its core mission in the intersection between the Arts and Education. I invite you to look over our brochure, and I hope to work with you soon.

Beth F. Milles Director of Education | Long Wharf Theatre 203-772-8271 | beth.milles@longwharf.org

BETH F. MILLES DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Beth F. Milles (Director of Education) is an award winning director and professor, who has developed work at many theaters, including Trinity Repertory, the Magic Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Playwrights Horizons, New York Stage and Film, Julliard, Sundance, American Repertory Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, New York Shakespeare Festival, and South Coast Repertory. With the Actors Gang in Los Angeles, she directed Tim Robbins’ and Adam Simon’s Carnage, the west-coast premiere of Carson Kreizter’s Self Defense (3 LA Weekly Awards), the world premiere of Lynn Manning’s Private Battle, and her own adaptation of The Imaginary Invalid, which toured at the Rushmore Festival and garnered 4 LA Ovation Awards.

Beth is also the founder of Banter Company, which focuses on the adaptation of classical theater for the modern audience. Beth specializes in physical theater, new and devised work, the tradition of farce, and Commedia dell’Arte.

A graduate of Cornell University, Beth joined the Cornell University faculty in 2001. While on leave from Cornell, she served as the head of the Directing MFA at Brown University and the Associate Director of Trinity Repertory Company, where she directed Dead Man’s Cell Phone and The Importance of Being Earnest. Beth has guest lectured at Harvard, Brown, the University of Texas, Loyola Marymount College and The University of Redlands. Beth is a graduate of the ART Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. She is thrilled to return to her home state of Connecticut.

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MADELYN ARDITO EDUCATION PROGRAMS MANAGER Delighted to make her debut 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 served as an educator and administrator for Collective Consciousness Theatre, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, and the Shubert Theatre and Arts Summer Camp. She also had the honor of teaching theatre at Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School for four years. Madelyn has had the pleasure of participating in the Urban Bushwomen’s Summer Leadership Institute in 2012, collaborating with Pilobolus Dance Company in their Movin’ Program for two seasons, and collaborating with the innovative community leaders of JUST MOVES on undoing racism in New Haven. She is passionately dedicated to creating original pieces of theatre with people of all ages who have powerful and influential voices.

ELIZA ORLEANS Resident Teaching Artist Originally from Connecticut, Eliza received her B.A. in Theater and Writing from Ithaca College. Since graduating, she has worked extensively as a teaching artist and administrator at Long Wharf, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Birch Trail Camp for Girls, and Florida Studio Theatre. She has also directed Wiley and the Hairy Man and The Cinderella Remix for young audiences. Eliza is passionate about empowering students to discover their individual voices and share their stories with the community.

barbara sonenstein Resident Teaching Artist A native New Yorker, Barbara now lives on the Connecticut shoreline with her amazing husband and beautiful children. As an actress, she has appeared in numerous stage productions in New York City and regionally, as well as film and television work. Barbara has been on staff as an early childhood educator at the Red Barn Children’s Center and Our Lady of Mercy School in Connecticut. At Long Wharf, Barbara has taught In-School Residencies at Norwalk-Brien McMahon High School, the Barnum School in Bridgeport, CELC of Branford, and Ridge Road Elementary in North Haven. Barbara holds a BA in Theater from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and an MFA in Acting from The New School, NYC. She fervently believes in the power of theater to teach us what it means to be human.

Hydrogen, carbon and oxygen atoms forming a compound in a biology class at Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School

CREATIVITY. INNOVATION. EXPLORATION. ED LAB strives to incorporate the principles of arts education into how teachers approach and communicate general classroom curriculum. Because the arts help to facilitate the development of analytical, practical and creative learning, we have designed a series of workshops wherein teachers from around the state can immerse themselves in innovative strategies to enhance their work in the classroom.

Featuring guest teachers of the highest caliber, ED LAB provides teachers with the tools they need to effectively employ artsbased technique for intellectual stimulation and creative growth in students.

Our ED LABs are held three times a year and provide our teachers with experiential workshops that stimulate mind, body, and creativity. Recognized as an approved Connecticut Professional Development Provider by the State Department of Education, participants in this program can earn professional development hours (formerly known as CEUs). For more information on how your school can participate, please call Madelyn Ardito at 203. 772. 8272.

R E W O P EM ELF! S R U O Y

PAIR has helped me become a better student and a better leader because I’ve learned not to be scared to take chances in school and to have fun when I do.

– STUDENT PARTICIPANT

PARTNERING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

Educator’s Laboratory allows teachers and students to unlock their

Partner with a Long Wharf Theatre teaching artist for the entire school year! Teachers participating in all three ED LABs for the season may elect to participate in the PAIR Program, and a resident teaching artist will be assigned to their classroom for the year to co-teach arts integrated lessons. Teaching artists will help facilitate the integration and implementation of techniques from each ED LAB into the classroom. PAIR visits will happen once a month throughout the school year, with the teacher taking over more of the arts integration responsibility as they become more comfortable with the technique and the year progresses.

potential in powerfully dramatic ways without sacrificing academic rigor or artistic creativity.

– Marc Anthony Solli, teacher participant, High School in the Community

The PAIR Program is generously funded by the Werth Family Foundation.

The PAIR Program aims to reignite the question for the student and re-examine the question for the teacher in how to effectively employ arts-based technique for intellectual stimulation and creative growth in students. The best part, there is no cost to the teacher or to the school! To learn more about the PAIR program or to sign up, please contact Madelyn Ardito at 203.772.8272 or madelyn.ardito@longwharf.org.

EXPERIENCE LONG WHARF THEATRE!

BRING AN ARTIST TO YOUR CLASSROOM!

student theatre series

theatre residency program

FREE 2-Day Workshop for schools bringing their students to see a Student Theatre Series show.

PICK A SHOW! For each 2-day workshop, the first day will be spent preparing the students to see the show at LWT by exploring themes and issues, and establishing the world of the play.

The second day will be to wrap up and gather students reactions and critique.

DISGRACED

Student Matinee: Thursday, October 29 at 11 am

Amir and Emily are a young married couple perched on the threshold of success.

Amir is about to make partner at his law firm and Emily’s artwork is finally being noticed.

Everything is moving in the right direction until a news broadcast serves as a catalyst for unraveling the truth about their relationship and their past. Disgraced exposes what happens when you compromise your values and deny your personal truth.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Student Matinee: Thursday, December 10 at 11 am

STUDENT TIX ONLY

$17!

When the Duke of Vienna disguises himself as a friar among his people, he finds the city unraveling in an ethical free fall. Before he reclaims his dukedom, can he help the chaste Isabella save her brother from the condemnation of the villain Angelo?

HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS’ FIRST 100 YEARS Student MatineeS: March 15-18 at 11 am

Chaperones attend the show for free (limit 1 chaperone for every 10 kids attending).

Centenarian sisters Sadie and Bessie Delany welcome us into their home to share an amazing story. They tell us about their eventful lives, how they fought injustices big and small, overcoming the racial strife of the 20th century with their charm, warmth, and dignity intact. They share a personal family tale of people who yearned to do the right thing, and strove towards it with every ounce of their beings. Come have dinner with the Delanys, and hear the story of our nation.

Receive a FREE Video Study Guide and access our Teacher Information Packet online!

NEXT STAGE TYA SHOW: Each year the Next Stage Residents select a TYA

Student price is $17 per ticket for a group of 10 or more.

To book your student group, contact Beth Milles at 203.772.8271 or beth.milles@longwharf.org.

(Theatre for Young Audiences) show that will be appropriate for K-6 audiences. We do not know what the show for the 15-16 season will be, but performances will be May 18-22 at 9:30 and 11:30 am . Tickets are FREE and reserved on a first-come, first served basis.

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FREE WORKSHOPS WHEN YOU PURCHASE TICKETS TO AN 11 AM STUDENT MATINEE, WE’LL DEEPEN YOUR STUDENTS’ THEATREGOING EXPERIENCE WITH TWO 60-MIN PRE-SHOW WORKSHOPS FOLLOWED BY A 60-MIN POST-SHOW WORKSHOP FOR FREE!

Shows include: Disgraced, Measure for Measure and Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years

ONE DAY WORKSHOPS ADAPTATION Make any text come to life theatrically.

COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE Rediscover your inner clown through physical games.

BRAVERY, EMPOWERMENT AND ARTICULATION Find your voice through writing, movement, and performance.

IMPROVISATION Say YES and see where the story takes you.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS Add to your teacher toolbox with experiential classes.

CUSTOM Can’t find what you want from our current offerings?

Tell us what your interest is and we will custom design a workshop for you!

STUDIO SCHOOL Classes for all ages and experience levels!

IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES DEVISED THEATRE Learn exciting and easy ways to activate your brain and to create original work.

NEW AND CLASSICAL TEXT Choose a piece to focus on and have one of our teaching artists bring it to life with your class through exercises, discussion, and performance.

SOCIAL JUSTICE THEATRE Combine passion for performance with the desire to change the world. This residency is designed to create a community among

participants, uncover hidden assets in the room, and to weave together stories that celebrate diversity, empathy, and revolutionary actions.

CUSTOM Let the LWT Education Department build a workshop or residency especially for you. Our Custom option is completely tailored to your specific individual needs and wants. We can connect with any curriculum (science, social studies, etc), piece of literature (play, book, poem, etc), or standard (literacy, comprehension, etc).

Discuss your ideas with a LWT Teaching Artist, and then they will draft a program outline for you. The Custom option creates a dialogue between teacher and artist that is sure to excite your students and administration!

For more information or to book a workshop/residency, contact Madelyn Ardito at 203.772.8272 or madelyn.ardito@longwharf.org.

Upcoming Classes for Young People Include:

Upcoming Classes for Adults:

Speak the Speech: Shakespeare Performance with Elizabeth Nearing.

Saturday, October 10, 2015. 10AM – 1PM. A workshop on playing Shakespeare for young actors.

Participants will have the opportunity to dive into the nuts and bolts of unpacking Shakespeare’s text and the art of performing it, exploring excerpts from Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and more. Open to all experience levels—whether you’ve never been on stage or know all the plays by heart.

Intro to Sketch Comedy Writing with Emily Breeze.

Saturday, October 24, 2015. 10AM – 1PM. Do you love SNL? Do you dream about your own show on Comedy Central? This workshop is perfect for those interested in writing comedy, or playwrights who want to bring some comedy into their work.

This class will go over all the basics of sketch comedy writing, including jokes, sketch structure, and how to build your own comedy show!

Scene Study with Beth Milles and Barbara Sonenstein.

Saturdays, November7, 14 & 21 2015. 10AM – 1PM. $175 This scene-based workshop will explore the plays of writers Anton Chekov, Paula Vogel, and Sarah Ruhl.

What exists between the words? How can we delve into the emotional stakes and subtextual charge?

In this class, we will work on these questions and discover/uncover primary moments in scenes taken from the work of these playwrights, including The Seagull, Baltimore Waltz, and Eurydice. Specific scenes will be selected based on enrollment. Previous acting experience recommended but not necessary.

Moving Statues with Marc Hem Lee. Saturday, December 12, 2015. 10AM – 1PM. Levels. Reach. Personal Space. Shapes. Parts. Actions.

Actors. In this movement workshop, students will be encouraged to explore motion and stillness, noise and silence through games and exercises, work and fun. A great class for young actors or those looking for more stage movement experience. $45 per youth class, or all three for $120!

Clowning and Commedia with Daniel Passer.

Saturday, February 6, 2016. 10AM – 1PM. $75 Workshop: In this master class, participants will explore the elements of clowning and Commedia dell’Arte.

There is no need to be physically fit—or need to have any previous experience with clowning—this is a place to explore further or start anew. Exercises will be customized to each player as we investigate playing and playing hard. Discover, surprise and offend your senses!

When was the last time you let loose?

More classes to come for all ages!

Please keep checking www.longwharf.org/ education for updates. If you have questions or

would like to register for a class, please contact Eliza Orleans at 203-777-7027 or eliza.orleans@longwharf.org.

2nd L ANNUA

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WHAT IS IT? An evening of brand new work written, spoken, and created by teenagers from all over New Haven!

Long Wharf’s 2nd annual Moments and Minutes Festival is a celebration of our community’s youth. The evening will showcase visual art, spoken word poetry, and monologues devised by students from all over the area, highlighting both their individual and collective experiences. Guidelines for submission are as follows:

SPOKEN WORD/MONOLOGUE: Each piece must be an original composition by the student performing it and should speak to one of the following: •

Human Identity. Who are you? Who or what has shaped your identity thus far? What is the difference between how the world sees you and how you see yourself?

A SPOKEN WORD, MONOLOGUE AND VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL FOR NEW HAVEN YOUTH APRIL 2016 • •

Dreams and Ambitions. What do you hope to achieve in the future and how will you overcome challenges?

Legacy. What is the legacy of your family, race, or religion? How do you hope to define your own history?

Each performance piece should be memorized and no longer than 2 minutes in length. Each performer will have access to a chair, a cube, and a microphone.

VISUAL ART: Your work can be in any of the following mediums: paint, chalk, pencil, photography, or collage. The piece should be a visual representation of one of the following: •

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Human Identity. Who are you? Who or what has shaped your identity thus far? What is the difference between how the world sees you and how you see yourself?

Dreams and Ambitions. What do you hope to

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achieve in the future and how will you overcome challenges?

Legacy. What is the legacy of your family, race, or religion? How do you hope to define your own history?

The student must provide an Artist’s Statement that clearly articulates how the piece represents one of the above themes.

500 words max.

HOW TO SUBMIT: Students must email their spoken word piece or monologue as well as a video clip of themselves performing it. Students wishing to submit visual art must email a photo of the piece, its title, and their Artist’s Statement. Please email all submissions to Eliza Orleans at eliza.orleans@longwharf.org with “Moments and Minutes” in the subject line.

Should video submissions be a challenge, a representative from Long Wharf Theatre will come to your school by appointment to audition students.

Please Note: An Education Staff representative will visit each individual school only once.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Resident Teaching Artist Eliza Orleans at 203-777-7027 or eliza.orleans@longwharf.org.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS FEBRUARY 1, 2016.

REMEMBER: April is National Poetry month and the perfect time to highlight student work! Please take the time to tie poetry and monologue work into your curriculum, as this festival will aide in strengthening analytical, practical and creative thinking skills for their students.

LWT Education Staff will view all of the pieces and choose the top 20 performers and 10 pieces of art work which will be displayed in the Stage II lobby on the night of the event.

LET LWT EDUCATION HELP YOU PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS: WORKSHOPS: Throughout the season, LWT Teaching Artists will be available to come into your classroom to teach workshops on writing, developing, and performing original monologues and spoken word pieces.

THE BOY AT F THE EDGE O G EVERYTHIN

Coming in January 2016!

DISCOVERY DAY is a themed NEXT STAGE PROGRAM WHAT IS THE NEXT STAGE PROGRAM? Long Wharf Theatre has a long history of launching the careers of young artists through its Next Stage program, the theatre’s early career development program. The Next Stage program is dedicated to engaging and employing a new generation of diverse theatre artists, administrators and leaders. The Next Stage Program is divided into two groups: Residents and Interns. Both groups work among professionals to learn from hands-on experience.

For more information on the Next Stage Program, please visit our website at www.longwharf.org/next-stage-program

event where Long Wharf Theatre opens its doors to the community to show them the inner working of the theatre. Children (usually ages 5-12) take workshops in different theatre departments (props, set/lights, costumes, sound, and acting) and even perform in an interactive adventure at the end of the day.

For more information or to be involved in our backpack express to get the word out, contact Madelyn Ardito at 203.772.8272 or madelyn.ardito@longwharf.org

BACKSTAGE TOURS GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT LONG WHARF THEATRE

Discover the craftsmanship behind Long Wharf Theatre productions by taking a backstage tour with a member of our knowledgeable staff.

Sneak a peek at our green room or perhaps catch an actor rehearsing on the Mainstage! Your 45-minute experience includes access to restricted areas rarely seen by the public. Tours available MondaySaturday, by appointment only.

Access is determined by production schedules.

For more information or to schedule a tour, call 203-772-8272.

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