Educational Programs

COME PLAY!

five fantastic summer camps! learn with us

Creede Rep’s educational programs strive to bring excellent arts programming that inspires creativity, challenges, empowers, and nurtures individuals and communities through storytelling. We believe that EVERY student has unique gifts and talents. Theatre is unparalleled in its ability to help individuals identify, explore, and share those gifts- and learn to celebrate the unique gifts of others.

2021 camps Come play and discover your creative self through these exciting drama classes! Learning through theatre teaches students how to work together, problem solve, and use their imaginations.

THEATRICAL DESIGN

How do different design elements work together to bring a production to life? Join CRT’s team of professional artists and explore the world of costume, sound, scenic, and lighting design in theatre. Ages 6-9 /July 12-15 /10AM-4PM Class Tuition: $200

STAGE COMBAT

Have you ever wondered how actors make epic battles and fights look so real? Learn how to safely wow your audience while learning from our team of professional fight choreographers and actors. Ages 8 + / July 26-29 /10AM-4PM Class Tuition: $200

ACTION STORYTIME 1

The Tale of the Valiant Ninja Frog In this delightful offering for our youngest learners, students will have the opportunity to learn theatre fundamentals and problemsolving skills through movements, storytelling, and literacy. Every student will leave with a new book! Ages 3-5 / July 16 / 10AM-12PM Class Tuition: $40

ACTION STORYTIME 2

Beast Feast In this delightful offering for our youngest learners, students will have the opportunity to learn theatre fundamentals and problemsolving skills through movements, storytelling, and literacy. Every student will leave with a new book! Ages 3-5 / July 30 / 10AM-12PM Class Tuition: $40

PAGE TO STAGE

What if we took a story that we all know and love and set it in a modern world? What is the process of looking at a story, making it your own, and bringing it to life on the stage? In this new offering, students will have the opportunity to do just that! Ages 5-7 / July 19-22 /10AM-4PM Class Tuition: $200

CAMPS FILL UP QUICKLY!

Register today to reserve your spot. To register, visit creederep.org/education/camps For any questions or to apply for financial assistance, please contact Education Director, Brittni Shambaugh Addison, at brittni@creedere .com or (719) 658-2540 x227

YOUNG AUDIENCE OUTREACH TOUR

Book and Lyrics by Diana Grisanti Music by Emiliano Messiez Directed by Ismael Lara THE GUAVA TREE / EL GUAYABO

DIRECTOR'S NOTES

El Guayabo sprouted in the midst of story sharing. Ismael Lara, Jr. Diana, our incredible playwright, and I were bouncing ideas off of one another when a story from the past came to mind. A story of resilience from a younger student of mine. As an educator, I’ve been blessed to learn from many students who have experienced difficult times in their lives and I’m always inspired when they’re able to find joy in their hardships. I think I’m most in awe of some children's ability at showcasing the wisdom to hold two truths in their hands. The story I shared goes a little something like this: A few years ago, a student of mine shared a thought conjured from a simple gaze at a tree that had suffered loss of leaves through the Winter. After a few silent moments of staring out of the window, watching the leafless tree sway in the wind, he gently and poetically uttered, “I love trees. Know why, Mr.?” “Why?” I replied. “Because it doesn’t matter if it’s raining, snowing, hot or cold — the leaves keep falling and go away in the Winter, but they always come back. They always grow back. That’s why.” I sat. Shocked for a moment. Wondering what it was about nature that helped us understand resilience and I saw in his eyes this deep yearning for connection. It was a need to be understood and a hopefulness that everything would eventually be okay. In El Guayabo, Emi takes us on a journey back to a time when his life was in transition. We see that even if saddened by uprooting everything he loves to move to America, once he arrives, he still finds the courage to plant seeds. Those seeds quickly begin to heal him and sprout a beautiful friendship with a lifelong companion, Iris. Emi, too, learns that resilience is inherent and like a tree in the spring we watch his new leaves emerge. What I hope we glean from this play is the truth that friendship and togetherness have the power to pull us out of difficult situations.

No Intermission

CREATIVE TEAM

Director Ismael Lara Jr. Book and Lyrics Diana Grisanti Composition & Music Direction Emiliano Messiez Choreographer Bethany Eilean Talley Scenic Design Lisa Duncan Costume Design Elly Hunt & Will Ward Sound Design Jake Harbour EDI Facilitation Alyssa Peters & Alexandria Bates

MANAGEMENT

Stage Manager Sky Bradley Stage Manager Olivia Zapater-Charrette

CAST

Emiliano Brandon Guzman (Emi for short) Iris Emily Diaz (and everyone else)

Emiliano TBD (Emi for short) Iris Patty de la Garza

Celebrating 37 years of bringing excellent bilingual musical theatre to schools across the Southwest and beyond!

Creede Rep’s Young Audience Outreach Tour (YAOT) is one of the largest providers of educational theatre in the rural Southwest, serving over 31,000 children. YAOT’s mission is to bring high quality musical theatre to young audiences in rural and underserved communities by annually producing an original children’s show that tours throughout CO, NM, UT, AZ, OK, NV, and KS. Literacy Empowers Our Youth! To support your community’s literacy endeavors, each student receives a free original children’s book after the show. These books reinforce the themes of the study guide and play, while making reading exciting! (and everyone else)

Developed under CRT’s Headwaters New Play Program.

SUPPORTED BY

The Dane G Hansen Foundation The Krueger Charitable Foundation Clarence V. Laguardia Foundation Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation