Programs

Schools & Teachers

Writing Programs

We teach playwriting and theatre in grades 3-12 as part of the school day, throughout San Diego County. Trained theatre professionals use a dynamic, interactive curriculum designed to support standards in English and Theatre, while supporting social emotional learning with trauma-informed, restorative practices.

Lessons can be adapted to support content areas and specific themes or styles (radio plays, poetry units, intergenerational projects, social justice). Programs typically culminate with professional actors performing students’ scripts. Learners at all levels enjoy success. Safe behind the mask of fiction, young people explore actions and their consequences.

Empathy and compassion are fostered as students gain confidence, greater connection to their peers, non-violent techniques for solving problems, essential communication skills, and knowledge of theatre.

For Teachers and Educators

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Featured Program

Field Trip Opportunities — Our annual festival of plays by contest winners

Performances & Events

Partners

“”The residency showed me the possibilities that exist to improve my craft as a classroom teacher. The teaching artist’s strategies for engagement: warm-ups, use of manipulatives, breathing exercises, etc… are techniques that I usually skip in class. Seeing the level of inspiration that she derived from my students, I now view it as a necessary part of classroom instruction.”

Sonja Taylor, Teacher at Morse High School

Continuing Education Teacher
Garfield High School