ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS

  • ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH IMPROVISATION - Inspired by volunteer experience in a juvenile detention facility
    and designed specifically to address behavioral issues. Students will have an empowering experience that focuses
    on responsibility (to self and others), causality, & accountability.  Focus:  Teambuilding, self-expression,
    compassion, positive channeling of emotions, positive reinforcement & rewards for supportive behavior, making
    others look & feel good, creative risk taking, & self-directed learner.

  • THE ART OF IMPROVISATION- An introduction to improvisation and theatre, which has participants up and
    improvising right away through exercises, games, and interactive methodologies. Focus: Language
    Arts/Storytelling through improv, foundation and basic theater techniques, & life-skills.

    Creative Theater - We’ll play fun and interactive games that introduce students to the basics of
    performance.  Practice storytelling, creating characters, listening, building on ideas, and doing short
    scenes.  Using your imagination and fast thinking brain, you’ll make each other look good and learn skills
    that you’ll use for the rest of your life.

    Improv Theatre Games - Do you love “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?”? Have a great imagination?  Like to
    work with others?  Good at pretending and storytelling?  Then we want YOU!!! We’ll explore the
    fundamentals of improvised theatre through games and scenes.  Whether you’re shy, outgoing,
    experienced, or not we’ll have a lot of fun making each other look good and practicing skills you’ll use for the
    rest of your life!

    Intro. to Theater – Are you a future Academy Award winner?  Destined to be a great director?  Writing the
    next hit play?  Well, then we want you!  Through up-on-your-feet games and exercises we’ll explore the
    fundamentals of theater, improv, and storytelling.  Whether you’re shy, outgoing, experienced, or not we’ll
    have a lot of fun making each other look good and practicing skills you’ll use for the rest of your life!  


  • INSPIRED BY -  Using visual art, music, and/or the world around we will find our inspiration to create written and
    performance pieces.  Tie-ins to cultural, specific curriculum, and historical significance are easily applied.  Focus:
    Teambuilding, self-expression, art appreciation, artistic exploration of multiple artistic medium, evaluation of works
    of art, storytelling (ELA standards).

  • MOVE & GROOVE - Tell stories, discover meanings, and make creatures come to life all through movement. We
    explore movement, space, and expression through games and interactive exercises.    Step outside the jazz box
    and pirouette to discover ways in which movement can tell stories, convey emotions, create characters, and
    communicate.  Learn to find inspiration all around and share that inspiration through movement pieces we create
    together.   Focus: Teambuilding, self-expression, utilization of body, body language, subtext, storytelling,
    exposure to multiple art forms, & teambuilding.


  • STORYTELLING - An exploration of story structure, character development, setting, and theme, add life, meaning
    and vivacity to storytelling skills. Focus: Language Arts/Storytelling through improv, theater techniques, process
    drama, and writing (active engaged learning).

    Magical Storytellers - Perhaps the next great author is among us!!  We’ll play fun and interactive games
    that introduce students to the basics of storytelling using theatre and improvisational games.  Practice
    storytelling, creating characters, listening, building on ideas, and making your own stories.  Great Language
    Arts and Life-skill builder.  

    Adventures in Sci-Fi - Whether you are an alien being, a futuristic robot, or a time-traveling hero/heroine
    this class will embrace, explore, and ultimately tell your story.  Through active games and creative writing we
    will practice skills that every great science fiction storyteller should master.

    Mystery, Suspense, and You - Could the next great mystery writer or legendary detective be among us?
    We'll find out as we develop stories of suspense and intrigue through writing, acting, and interactive games.  
    Practice the techniques that all great mystery writers use, like foreshadow, rising action, and suspense as
    we solve mysteries silly and serious and create our own whodunit!  From the silly to the serious, you'll be the
    writer, the detective, the suspect, or maybe even the villain.

    Myth & Folktales - We create, re-create, and explore tales of myth and mythology from around the world.  
    Discover where many of beloved fairy-tales and folk tales first began and their variations - then make some
    of our own.  Monsters, heroes, witches, villains, talking animals welcome on this epic adventure!


  • THEATRE PRODUCTION - Students collaborate to conceive, write, produce, and perform several short plays
    culminating in an evening of performance. Provides both off and on stage experience with a focus on tapping into
    students’ unique talent and strengths as an individual and as a group. Focus: Teamwork, building on ideas,
    exposure to  theatre art, chronological implementation and creation, self-directed learner, focus and follow
    through, and storytelling (ELA standards)


  • IT'S ALIVE! - Bring curriculum to life through improvisation. The students live the lesson through active learning,
    hands-on engagement, and interactive exercises.  Examples include workshops helping students to have deeper
    understanding of Antigone  through theatre exercises and an exploration of The McCarthy Era through improv and
    theatre exercises which culminate in a written biography of an important figure of the time (using MLA format).
    Focus:  Varies with curriculum.

PRICING
    One thing our years of experience has taught us is that  where there is a will, there is a way.  Most programs run 6,
    8, or 12 weeks, though we are flexible and ready to accommodate that squirrelly school calendar. We have
    learned to be creative and will work with schools to find a way to make our programs a possibility. Some of the
    ways to pay for these programs historically have included any combination of the following:
  • Utilizing grant money
  • Applying for grants with our help
  • Partnering with PTA  to fund
  • Asking a reasonable fee from parents
  • Guaranteeing us a flat fee and keeping any excess earned    

Flat fee workshop  - 1/hr $300, 6 wk/ $1500 , 8/wk 1900, 12 wk $2800
    max. 25 students per instructor for after-school programs, legal class limit for in-school
    based on 60 minutes of instruction per week
    Note:  workshop w/ culminating performance may be slightly higher & varies depending upon
    need/use of minimal supplies, costumes, etc..

Per Individual Fee - Based on school site needs, guaranteed minimum, expected sign-up rate, and planning;
current pricing varies from $45-$240.
    typically min. 10-15 students, max. 25 per instructor for after-school prog., legal class limit for in -school
    Note: workshops w/ culminating performance may be slightly higher & varies depending upon need/
    use of minimal supplies, costumes, etc...


SPACE REQUIREMENTS
    Though we prefer to utilize a school's stage/theatre/MPR when possible, most of our programs are easily
    successful in a classroom setting (providing we can move desks when needed).  Prices may be change
    based upon facility use permits and policies.   We bring all of our own supplies and take them with us!
    Great enrichment activity for our students. The instructors are flexible and easy to
    accommodate' - After-school Enrichment Coordinator, Sycamore Valley Elementary

    We have had this after-school enrichment for years. The instructors provide a fun,
    educational curriculum for the students while exhibiting excellent classroom management
    skills. Students who participate are always anxious to repeat the positive theatrical
    experience. The Super Dupers work very hard to ensure satisfied students, parents and
    schools."         - Karen Reedy, Educator, Sycamore Valley Elementary

    The impact of [the] teaching assists me not only through acting activities, but in English
    and through life in general’ - The Harker School, 9th grade student
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