Kathren “Kat” Martin is a theatre artist from Charlotte North Carolina. Kat is a director, teaching artist, dramaturg, experience creator, and invested community member. Since graduating with her Master’s Degree in, Theatre: History, Criticism, Dramaturgy, and Theory with an emphasis in Directing and Feminist Theatre Theory, from the University of South Carolina Kat has been working with students, artists and communities across the country in promotion of equitable artistic expression and excellence. After graduate school Kat worked at Virginia Stage Company as the Resident Dramaturg/Teaching Artist/Associate Director, where she created original work like The Line: Art for Social Change Series, With Your Name Upon My Lips, and the Voices from the Margins Play Reading series. Kat also worked as dramaturg and director on productions like The Tempest, Peter and the Starcatcher, Grounded, and the Midsummer Fantasy Festival. As a resident teaching artist, Kat created curriculum and lead in school Shakespearean residencies, Page to Stage Residencies with English classes across VA, workshops for homeschool students, the Girl Scouts of America and the US Army Band. As an educator Kat has worked with students at Old Dominion University, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Norfolk State University, Queens University of Charlotte, the youth of Hampton Roads through in-school residencies and community engagement workshops, and rural communities of North Carolina through a partnership with Triad Stage Company. As a community organizer and teaching artist Kat has worked in places like Cleveland Public Theatre as a Brick City Site leader facilitating the creation of original work by the youth residents of Cuyahoga Metro Housing Authority. While in Cleveland Kat continued to explore new work by directing 4 Veils: An Essay and creating the 4 Fruits of Hope as a part of the Station Hope Social Justice Festival. Kat is highly invested in creating equitable creative spaces for art, making that empowers and galvanizes communities.
kathren.martin@gmail.com
http://kat-martin.com
2123 Finchley Drive
Mecklenburg
704-650-4936
Teaching artist Kathren Martin guides students through creative textual analysis that uses theatre games and skills to deepen understanding of literary works. Through customized scaffolded curricula teaching artists work with classroom teachers to meet the needs of classroom syllabi. English curricula units include poetry, novel, short story, essay, and play scripts. Teaching artists create learning opportunities for classroom teachers as well as students by providing lesson plans and activity breakdowns to classroom teachers. Teaching artist Kathren Martin has worked with English classes to analyze A Christmas Carol, A Streetcar Named Desire, Oliver Twist, Medieval Literature and history, Greek mythology and literature, and folklore from around the world. The Page to Stage program is also an excellent fit for history and social studies classes.
Students will be able to:
• Identify and analyze theme, mood, rhetoric, point of view, imagery, literary structure.
• Articulate analysis through creative writing, verbal communication, and performance.
• Work as an individual, in pairs, small groups, and as a class.
• Articulate a deep understanding of the historical time period and political context of literary work and how that affects the content and style of the piece.
Kathren Martin
704-650-4936
kathren.martin@gmail.com
Academic School Year
Academic school day and After School Programming
The Page to Stage Program works in classroom spaces, multi-purpose rooms, libraries and will be designed to fit available space and tech.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, Mecklenburg County private schools, Mecklenburg County home schools
| Page to Stage! | 1 Day Intensive | 6 week Residency |
| Teaching and Planning (one to one ratio) | 45 min-55 min classes: $80.00
90 min classes: $120.00 |
45 min-55 min classes: $480.00
90 min classes: $720.00 |
| Supplies | 45 min-55 min classes: $20.00
90 min classes: $20.00 |
45 min-55 min classes: $100.00
90 min classes: $100.00 |
| Teacher meeting | $30.00 | $30.00 |
| Total | 45 min- 60 min classes: $130.00
90 min classes: $170.00 |
45 min-55 min classes: $610.00
90 min classes: $850.00 |
Reading R4 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Students will determine tone through textual analysis and articulate tone through performance choices.
Speaking and Listening SL3 Evaluate a speakers point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. Students will place themselves into the speakers point of view through performance and creative writing. Students will analyze rhetoric to determine the goals and tactics of the speaker.
Language L5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings. Students will demonstrate an understanding and an ability to recognize figurative language by creating tableaus and connecting imagery to design elements.
P.C.2 Use performance to communicate ideas and feelings. Students will use performance to articulate the themes, tone, mood, and imagery of literary pieces.
P.CU.1 Analyze theatre in terms of the social, historical, and cultural contexts in which it was created. Students will be able to create connections between to social, historical, and cultural contexts of literary works through the creation and expression of characters.
P.A.1 Analyze literary texts and performances. Students will be able to apply a close reading analysis to both written text and the performances of their peers and teaching artist.
If the need arises to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances such as illness, injury, inclement weather, Kathren Martin will make every effort to give as much advance notice as possible. Kathren Martin will reschedule when possible, and in a timely way, and will appreciate the same effort from the school/group. If the school/group cancels and cannot reschedule with Kathren Martin, Kathren Martin will refund schools funds. In school/group cancels 7 days or longer in advanced, and the class cannot be rescheduled, Kathren Martin will refund the full amount. In school/group cancels 6 days or less in advance, and the class cannot be rescheduled, Kathren Martin will refund half of the amount (teaching hours will be refunded but not planning hours).