Readers’ Theater
Script-in-hand staged readings, working with your cast or ours, in venues ranging from living rooms to professional theater stages. Our two featured projects are listed below; for a full list, click on the link above.
- Breaking The Silence
The Japanese American experience from immigration through redress - Most Dangerous Women
Celebrating a century of women peacemakers through words and music
Curriculum Development
Arts-infused standards-based curricula developed to meet the specific needs of the client. Two featured projects are listed below; for a full listing of projects click on the link above.
- Densho
Three units co-authored by Doug Selwyn - Northwest Heritage Resources Educational Curriculum Unit
Unit authored by Jan Maher
Workshops for Educators
In-service programs, guest lectures, conference presentations, and classes. Each can be tailored to meet the needs of a variety of clients and to be offered in a variety of formats, from one-hour conference presentations to fully-developed college-level courses. A sampling of our workshop titles appears below; for a full listing, click on the link above.
- Acting for Teachers
Applying principles of performance to classroom teaching - All the Classroom’s a Stage
Infusing drama methods into K-12 classrooms - Behind and Beyond the Headlines
Media literacy and critical thinking - Creating Readers’ Theater
Researching, compiling, and performing original theater - Fiction Techniques: Searching for Story
- Following the Threads
Bringing inquiry research into the classroom - From Page to Stage: Writing and Staging Literary Adaptations
- Putting the Fun back in Functional
Traditional games and songs that support neurological development, co-developed with Judith Bluestone, founder of HANDLE Institute - Inhabiting History & Literature
Structured role playing for in-depth learning about complex issues - Teachers Build Characters
Introduction to Scottish Storyline method, also known in US as Storypath - Town Meetings
An interactive structure for exploring controversial issues in-depth and with respect for multiple points of view
