Express Theatre

Education Programs

2011-2012 Season

Studies have shown that children learn in several different ways. Giving children the opportunity to express themselves kinetically through the dramatic arts has been a wonderful method of learning for years. Express Theatre Education Program (ETEP) provides a variety of After School and Summer Programs for the Individual Student. ETEP also provides educational and performance-based opportunities for Schools that have little or no in-house theatre arts capabilities.

THEATRE CLASSES AT NORTHWEST MALL

Learning through the arts is of unique educational value. It allows students the freedom to learn, explore and discover themselves and the world around them. The goal of our programs is to enhance teamwork, self confidence, communication skills, and physical movement. Classes emphasize creative thinking and offer a positive means of self expression. Express Theatre Education Program (ETEP) provides several programs for the individual student at our Theatre Home in Northwest Mall.

Saturday Theatre Workshops
October 8 thru November 12, 2011
Ages 7-14 from 10:00AM to 12:00PM
Cost: $180 for series of 6 workshops

The students will participate in 6 weekends of fun theatre training. Workshop topics will include Movement; Improvisation; Vocal Technique; Stage Basics; Pantomime; Audition Skills; and an array of theatre games designed to introduce children to stage performance.

PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS

Theatre From the "Core"
3^rd through 8^th Grade

An after-school Theatre Arts Education Program designed to enhance the teaching of core-curriculum academic subjects, this program brings Express Teaching Artists and Teaching Assistants into a class for 3 hours per week over an 18 week period. The students discover English & Literacy through Dramatic Structure as they adapt their own play. They utilize Mathematics by relating it to Stage Craft and research World Geography through Theatrical Costuming. At the end of instruction, the students perform the play they have created.

Theatre Workshops
Elementary, Middle and High School

Individual schools design their program structured around six-week cycles. With assistance from ETEP, each school will allow interested students and educators to participate in the development of innovative methods of incorporating theatre arts into their curricula. Each workshop culminates in an on-campus showcase designed for parents and friends of the students. Schools have the opportunity to select one or more of these six-week workshops: Pantomime - Stage Movement - Improvisation - Dramatic Interpretation - Creative Dramatics

Artists Residencies
Elementary, Middle and High School

Teaching Artist Residencies offer the opportunity for a school or organization to provide theatre arts education programs designed to meet their specific goals. Master Classes are held on various aspects of theatre. From the Script-Writing Series to Professional Development classes on Arts Integration, Express offers a wide spectrum of theatre training to support the needs of students, faculty and professionals.

Express Children's Theatre
446 Northwest Mall
Houston, TX 77092
(713) 682-5044

expresstheatre@sbcglobal.net

Express Children's Theatre is Company-in-Residence at
Houston Community College Central Fine Arts Department