Education

Summer Camp for Children!

August 16 - 20, 2010

Summer Camp for Children!

Sonnet Repertory Theatre is proud to announce its first annual summer theatre experience for children: Midsummer’s Play. A five-day program for 7-10 year olds, Midsummer’s Play will focus on process rather than performance. By exploring their own voices, imaginations and senses of movement, children will learn to participate in an ensemble.

Each student will delve into the language of one of Shakespeare’s sonnets. In lieu of a culminating performance, Midsummer’s Play will offer parents the opportunity to observe the exercises of their sons and daughters on the final day of class.

Our goal is to foster an environment of collaboration and cooperation, one in which the processes of learning and playing are as valued as performing itself.

Midsummer’s Play Schedule

Monday, August 16 - Thursday, August 19

  • 9am — Arrival
  • 9:15am — Meeting to discuss the day’s goals
  • 9:30am — Warm up (body, voice and imagination)
  • 10:00am — Acting
  • 11:00am - 11:15am — Break I
  • 11:15am - 12:00pm — Yoga
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm — Lunch (children provide their own lunch)
  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm — Voice
  • 1:30pm - 1:45pm — Break II
  • 1:45pm - 2:45pm — Movement
  • 2:45pm - 3:00pm — Sharing Circle
  • 3:00pm — Dismissal

Friday, August 20

  • 9am — Arrival
  • 9:15am — Meeting to discuss the day’s goals
  • 9:30am — Warm up (body, voice and imagination)
  • 10:00am — Acting
  • 11:00am - 11:15am — Break I
  • 11:15am - 12:00pm — Voice
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm — Lunch (children provide their own lunch)
  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm — Movement
  • 1:30pm - 1:45pm — Break II
  • 1:45pm - 2:45pm — Parents invited for observation (SRT will videotape and mail DVDs)
  • 2:45pm - 3:00pm — Sharing Circle
  • 3:00pm - Dismissal

SRT Teaching Artists are industry professionals having worked on and off-Broadway, regionally, and in film and television. Teaching Artist staff is to be announced shortly.

Midsummer’s Play will take place in one of Midtown Manhattan’s professional studios. Class is limited to 15 children, maximum.

$750 per child (ages 7 - 10 only, please)
$375 non-refundable due at registration. Remainder $375 is due one week prior to camp (Monday 8/9).

For more information or to register your child, please email Julianna Jaffe, SRT’s Director of Education.

Payments may be settled via check or through Paypal.

SRT has developed three educational residencies specially tailored for the needs and interests of students grades K- 12. In conjunction with traditional educators, SRT Artists will explore classic works of literature, ranging from beloved children’s stories to the masterpieces of William Shakespeare. During the course of these workshops, SRT’s Artists will employ inventive physical and vocal exercises to encourage team building and educational growth.

Cover to Cover

Grades K-4

SRT Artists will assume the roles of the “Book Seekers,” a team of internationally celebrated archaeologists who will seek to uncover and explore the exciting environments and adventures contained within a teacher selected book. The desired effect of this workshop is to provide the students with a unique exploratory experience of the chosen book, by engaging in activities that incorporate NYS Learning Standards for the Arts.

Shakespeare: Outloud!

Grades 5-10

SRT Artists will tailor a residency focusing on a specific Shakespeare play selected by the teacher. Using movement, improvisation, modern language and vocal play, students will discover the immediacy and relevance of Shakespeare’s works. During the course of this workshop, students will also become familiar with terminology used in Shakespeare’s plays and be encouraged to share their personal viewpoints regarding his plays. This workshop will also focus heavily on ensemble building.

Playshapers

Grades 8-12

This improvisation-based workshop will utilize topical, student generated short stories as a jumping off point for the creation of an original theatrical project. The desired effect of this workshop is to provide the students with a forum to access their artistic voices, creating a strong stake in the material explored. Sample topics in the past have included:

  • Who inspires you and why?
  • What time in history would you most like to have lived during?
  • Explore a specific facet of the human experience; love, loss, bravery, jealousy. What do these words mean to you?

For more information on SRT’s education initiatives, please contact us at info@sonnetrepertorytheatre.org.