Art & Culture Live!: Community Collaborations - Summer of the Arts
Summer of the Arts was put on by the LaCrescent Public Library (LaCrescent, MN) with partners to bring the Guthrie Theatre to do 2 three day workshops. The Storytelling Workshop was aimed for younger children to provide them training in acting, voice, and movement using fairy tales, myths, legends, and stories created by the children themselves. The Shakespeare Workshop was meant for teens and tweens with the same goals but using Shakespearean scenes.
Event Dates and Locations:
August 2-4, 2010 – Storytelling Workshop at the LaCrescent-Hokah High School (LaCrescent, MN)
August 9-11, 2010 – Shakespeare Workshop at the LaCrescent-Hokah High School (LaCrescent, MN)
Partner Organization(s):
Appleseed Community Theatre
Community Education
Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program:
The partners assisted in supervising the program. Appleseed Theatre hosted the program and prepared the space. Appleseed also assisted in promotion of the workshops and the final performances.
The Storytelling Workshop had 20 children participate.
The final presentation for the 4-6 year olds had 25 people attend and the session for 7-10 year olds had 30 people attend.
The Shakespeare Workshop had 18 teens and tweens participate.
The final play (created by the students) was attended by 46 people.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, post-test; End user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status
A verbal survey of the younger children showed they all agreed they liked the workshop. They were able to grasp the basic concepts and storytelling as evidenced by helping develop a play they acted in at the end of their sessions. The Shakespeare participants similarly were able to comprehend Shakespearean acting and language. With the assistance of the instructors, they wrote and performed their own original play entitled Shakespeare High.