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Finding Your Voice

Dawn partners with choral directors with customized workshops for soloists, music theater departments and public speakers as they prepare for upcoming events, performances or auditions.

Global Studies - World Cultures

GLOBAL STUDIES The World in Our Backyard is extremely proud of our 45 minute programs developed for students to engage them in a creative and energetic way through the use of photographs, artifacts, cultural ...

Grey Seal Puppets "Bathtub Pirates!"

Some of the best times in a child’s life are spent playing in the bathtub. Surrounded by aquatic toys and a sea of bubbles, the imagination runs wild with adventure stories. What child hasn’t pretended to be a ...

Grey Seal Puppets "Tangle of Tales"

A taste of the familiar and a touch of the new. It’s Tangle Of Tales, the imaginative creation of Grey Seal Puppets. Three favorite folk tales from around the world come to life: “The Frog Prince” from ...

Grey Seal Puppets "The Emperor's New Clothes"

What’s big and fat and pink and loves to dress up in fancy clothes? Give up? It’s the Emperor himself in Grey Seal Puppets’ clever adaptation of The Emperor’s New Clothes. Not only is this Emperor big, fat ...

Grey Seal Puppets "The Nightingale"

Receiving gifts everyday of the year sounds like a dream come true. But for the mighty Emperor, who can have anything he wants at the snap of his fingers, the dream turns into a nightmare. Bored with the constant ...

Grey Seal Puppets "Theatre With Puppets 4-Day Residency!"

Students watch a Grey Seal Puppet performance called “Tangle of Tales” and then break into a small group format. There they write, design and create their own adaptations of stories they witnessed in the ...

High School Students Readiness For Graduation with Applied Improv

The critical thinking and creative thought practiced with Applied Improv has strong connections to these and other academic, emotional, and social skills related to High School level students and eventually, the ...

How Martin Climbed the Mountain!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream, but he did not dream alone. Skillfully using stories and music, Reggie highlights how the contributions of Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Banneker (inventor), ...

Imagination, Creativity & Word Play with Musician Roger Day (Performances/Workshops/Residencies)

Roger Day’s concerts are action-filled adventures that exercise both mind AND muscle; both body AND brain. Roger Day keeps his young audiences involved and captivated. His infectiously-fun concerts inspire each ...

Improv and 21st Century Learning Skills

Whether it is using improv warming up activities, playing improvisational theatres games, walking a mile in someone else’s emotional shoes by playing characters in improvisation scenes and/or practicing real life ...

Improv and Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Whether it is 1) using improv warming up activities, 2) playing improvisational theatres games, 3) walking a mile in someone else’s emotional shoes by playing characters in improvisation scenes and/or 4) ...

Improvisation

OTC improv “Developing tomorrow’s leaders today” “I serve on the board and the experience with your improv was one of the best moments in my year” – Hank Talmadge, Ronald McDonald House. “Naturally ...

K-5 Assembly Programs and Residencies

Lona Bartlett, a former classroom teacher, has multiple arts integrated assembly, lessons and residency programs available . All presentations are connected to the Common Core and Essential Standards. Be sure to ...

Make Your Own Cartoons (Grades 3-7)

Students will learn how to create their own cartoons to tell their story. This fun program uses a allows students to create their own 3d characters and enhance readymade characters within animated cartoon scenes. ...

Middle School Transition with Applied Improv

Applied Improv can facilitate an easier middle school transition by having a positive effect on the following social and emotional skills: *Confidence and self-acceptance *Comfort in social ...

Motown and More!

This incredible program incorporates history and language arts, through the portal of music with a LIVE SEVEN PIECE ENSEMBLE!! We’ll enhance the students’ understanding of history through a musical timeline! ...

Music and the Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad is one of the most important chapters in American History. This engaging, interactive concert of songs, stories and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom reveals the hope, ...

Neon Glow Art! (All Levels)

Explore the creative possibilities of neon art in this fun program! Students will manipulate neon lights and/or neon paint to create one-of-a-kind displays for their school. Lights can be formed into words, ...

Opera Xpress

Musical storytelling brought right to your school! Opera Xpress, Opera Carolina’s educational touring company, provides delightful productions of children’s operas to help teachers use opera as a classroom ...

pARTnership Residencies + Workshops

pARTnership Elementary School Residencies + Workshops: Residencies between 1-6 visits Explore curricular needs of ANY general classroom. Lessons & Units available for: ELA Math Science other subject ...

Pirate Goodie & The Magic Chest (Character Education)

Available In Person or Virtual Character Education Show Come along with Pirate Goodie Twoshoes and his parrot Pete on an amazing undersea adventure. Goodie can’t remember how to open his magic chest full of ...

Planet Improv Applied Improvisational Theatre Sessions Introduce Students to: Theatre; Performance; Creativity and Imagination Amongst The Building of...

We hear it all the time … “they’ve cut drama and arts classes at my child’s school.” It’s a sad, but true reality. Another reality is the fact that a theatrical curriculum fosters the skill and ...

Planet Improv Offers Applied Improvisational Sessions “Improv for Healing”

Improv for Healing presents students with an opportunity for connection. Through examining different types of distorted thinking (thinking that leads to a negative mood) participants gain clarity and mindfulness in ...

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