ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCES
AT ORLANDO SHAKES
Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Children’s Series introduces your students to theater in a fun and engaging way. Study guides are designed for each production to create natural connections between the play, Florida Standards, and your grade level curriculum.
LOWNDES SHAKESPEARE CENTER 812 EAST ROLLINS STREET ORLANDO, FL 32803
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Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:15 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
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$9 per person (Buy 10 tickets and the 11th ticket is free)!
SHOWTIME FOR ALEXANDER AND THE SHAKESPEARE: TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO A MAGIC TREE HOUSE GOOD, VERY BAD DAY ADVENTURE April 5 - May 4, 2018
407-447-1700 EXT. 1 ORLANDOSHAKES.ORG
STUDENTS@ORLANDOSHAKES.ORG
October 19 - November 17, 2017
Lyrics by Will Osborne | Music and Lyrics by Randy Courts | Book by Jenny Laird and Will Osborne | Based on the book Stage Fright on a Summer’s Night by Mary Pope Osborne
FRONT COVER: Bryan Manly, Jordan Bell, and cast in West Side Story
The show must go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meet William Shakespeare himself—one of the greatest writers of all time! Can Jack and Annie light Shakespeare's creative spark? A perfect opportunity to break through the language barrier and introduce your students to Shakespeare through hip-hop.
AT YOUR SCHOOL Mad for Alexander
Recommended: 1st - 2nd Grade Fee: $155 per class (25 students); $500 for 4 classes During this interactive workshop, students will demonstrate an understanding of the parts of speech (noun, verb and adjective). Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Actor/Educators lead the students in a “Mad Libs” inspired exercise in which they create their very own Alexander story they can share with the rest of the class.
FIELD TRIPS 2017-2018 GUIDE
All elementary workshops align with Florida Standards in Reading, Speaking and Listening, and Theater Arts. For comprehensive study guides, abridged Shakespeare scripts, games, activities and other tools please visit ORLANDOSHAKES. ORG/EDUCATION
Book and Lyrics by Judith Viorst | Music by Shelly Markham
Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. In this delightful adaptation of her popular book, Judith Viorst sets Alexander’s rather trying life to music and brings to the stage one of America’s feistiest characters. Alexander’s struggles with life’s daily dramas will not only entertain, but educate young audiences as they identify with Alexander and the obstacles he encounters, encouraging them to share their feelings and to realize that bad days happen to everyone.
Magic Tree House Alive
Recommended: 2nd - 4th Grade Fee: $155 per class (25 students); $500 for 4 classes During this interactive workshop, Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Actor/Educators encourage your students to act as authors and create story ideas for their own Magic Tree House Adventure. Through interactive games and theater exercises, students work in groups to pick a historical central character, time period, and magical object, creating a “snapshot” of story elements using their own bodies as statues. Students are introduced to the theater artist roles of director, stage manager, and actor. Follow-up activities include writing letters to author Mary Pope Osborne explaining their story suggestions, and designing book covers based on their ideas.