Performances Available for After-School!
Imagination Express I (K-6th grade)
Teaches young writers how to visualize and use dramatic techniques to write creatively!
BOOM! SIZZLE! POP! Ideas will be exploding like popcorn in your school's performance place when Imagination Express rolls in! Your students may choose a character like an alien from outer space. They may choose a setting of a dark jungle! They may create an impossible problem for the hero to solve...but our talented acting troupe will solve it. And along the way they will introduce your students to the fun of creative writing. Teaching the basic elements of story building – Character, Location, Action and Plot – in an easy to remember method (CLAP), Imagination Express is a hilarious ride to better writing!
The thrill of writing a story that we produce in your school is a powerful incentive that will make your students write!
When Imagination Express makes its second stop in your school, it will be hauling the props and costumes to make your students’ stories come to life! From the writing frenzy created by “Express I”, your teachers will choose twenty student stories for our talented staff to read and consider. We select six stories, script them, add props, music, a production style — whatever it takes to bring your young authors’ words to life This 55-minute show is a wonderful celebrative way to invite parents and community to your school!
A fun and painless way to help middle school students meet writing standards!
The Lion King is here to tell the stories that will infuse good character in your students. With humorous and moving selections from all over the world, this unique multi-cultural approach to character education will leave a lasting memory in the minds of your children. They will laugh and ponder such concepts as Good Judgment, Courage, Self Discipline, Kindness, Respect and Integrity, as they help The Lion King’s colorful cast of characters make the right decisions. With pageantry, music and dance, The Lion King’s Folktales is an unforgettable revelation for your young audience.
A fun and painless way to help middle school students meet writing standards!
Utilizing the adolescent child’s interest in socialization, competition, and performing, this “game show” format is the perfect thing to hold your middle schoolers’ attention. Our StageWorks actors/hosts will interact with them and lead in games with real prizes! What a painless and fun way to teach them the fundamentals of the five-paragraph essay! Available in two versions (depending on your curriculum interest) The Write Stuff can teach the basics of the problem/solution essay or writing for clarification/ description. With fabulous flair, fifteen to twenty students answer questions and perform stunts as “topics”, “sentences”, “examples”, and “elaborations” with our professional actors. We introduce the prompt and they help brainstorm, outline, organize, and write a 5-paragraph paper right before the eyes of the student audience! The show is filled with excitement, hilarious improvisation and audience participation. Students from grades 5 through 8 will definitely remember what it takes to write a 5-paragraph paper!
Utilizes the characteristics common to successful reading intervention programs
This charming, innovative presentation draws upon concepts shared with effective early reading programs: Success For All, The Winston-Salem Project, The Boulder Program, Reading Recovery, and EIR. This warm and captivating presentation draws your early elementary students into a welcoming experience where they “mentor” one of our expert StageWorks actor/educators playing the role of a young child just learning to read. Through this adroit method of performing/teaching, kindergarten through second grade students learn how to approach written material. The fundamental reading concepts of picture walking, modeled reading, recurring language patterns, picture to text matching, word and phrase repetition, phonemic awareness, and using writing to extend identification skills are inherent in this groundbreaking presentation. Your young readers will never experience a more charismatic nor engaging introduction to literacy.
Introduces Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes to young children
Invite Mother Goose herself to your School! This wild and zany performance is created especially for K-2nd graders. Her performance includes classics in the tradition of Little Bo-Peep, Three Blind Mice, Old Mother Hubbard, Peter Piper, London Bridge, Little Jack Horner and Old King Cole as well as some new stories. There’s lots of audience participation required in this charming presentation designed to teach young readers sequencing and story development. It’s a great way to introduce these classic storybook adventures to your young audience. Invite Mother Goose to your place, and watch as she weaves her yarns and tales to bring your young imaginations to life.
Contact StageWorks for availability.
Grades K-8
Express I $500
Express II $500
The Lion King's Folktales $500
I Can Read! $500
Mother Goose $500
Grades 6-8
The Write Stuff $500
Multiple Performances:
Same Day/Same School $450 each
Same Day/Different Schools $475 each
Plus Travel Expenses outside of Mecklenburg County
Fees for the Residencies are based on the number of classes and travel
