Action Reflection Transformation CMS-in-Residence wants to involve your students to experience, perhaps for the first time, ART. The goal of CMS-in-Residence is to have students experience the power of live theatre through Pre & Post show workshops, Residencies, Masterclasses, Internships and our Actor's Series. The mission of CMS-in-Residence is to create an aesthetic experience for the students using theatre as a tool to create greater depth in the learning process. CMS-in-Residence strives to create ART (Action, Reflection, Transformation) in the community by introducing a theatrical teaching method known as process drama. The workshops and residencies are not designed to produce a finished performance. They are designed to create an ongoing process of learning through dramatic activities linked together in order to gain higher knowledge. A product may result from the process drama; however, the purpose for the drama is to explore the process of gaining a theatrical experience. Cape May Stage will bring a professional artist into the classroom exploring themes, character(s), and the play's content whereby the students will participate in a theatrical experience (i.e. live performance, masterclass, and/or residency). The resident artist will guide the students through the theatrical experience by: Activating the students, physically and mentally, to raise questions discovering new knowledge learned through the theatrical experience Reflecting upon the new knowledge the student has discovered making connections across the curriculum to other subjects the students are currently studying (i.e. Social studies, English, science) in order to make conclusions about the characters, themes, and plot of the play Transforming the student's awareness and perspective toward theatre and humanity through individual and communal engagement. Cape May Stage's Educational Outreach Programs believes the transformative power of live theatre awakens in students the silent creative potential waiting to erupt. Join CMS-in-Residence on this theatrical journey bringing Action Reflection Transformation onstage and in the classroom.

Student Matinees

Lowest Student Ticket Price. Highest Value in Town for Live Theatre. Priceless.

Package #1

	1 Student Matinee Production
	Pre-Show Workshop
	Talk back with the actors and possibly the director
	Teacher Comp: The teacher can view the production in advance ?
	Study Guides for Teachers and Students
	Low Student Ticket Price: $10/student and a comp chaperone for every 10 students. Additional chaperones will be charged a discounted adult rate.

Package #2

	2 Student Matinee Productions
	Pre-Show and/or Postshow Workshop
	Talk back with the actors and possibly director
	Teacher Comp: The teacher can view the production in advance
	Study Guides for Teaches and Students
	Lower Student Ticket Price: $9/student

Package #3

	3 Student Matinee Productions
	Pre-Show and Postshow Workshops
	Talk back with the actors and possibly director
	Teacher Comp: The teacher gets to view the production in advance for free
	Talk back with the actors and possibly the director
	Study Guides for Teachers and Students
	Lowest Ticket Price: $8/student

Teacher-Student Incentive Program:
CMS-in-Residence wants students and teachers to have the opportunity to participate in live theatre. This program is designed to give schools that opportunity. Teachers, Administrators, PTA, and other educational organizations and committees can buy a block of tickets (minimum of 20 tickets) to use for fundraisers, student award initiatives, teacher achievement, etc. Each individual ticket costs $5.00 allowing schools to raise the price for a fundraiser to raise money and still balance the budget to give away as achievement awards to the school body.

Pre & Post Show Workshops
The Pre & Post Show Workshops are designed for your school class period during the school day scheduled a few days before and after the Student Matinee. Students will be up on their feet exploring the production's themes, characters, and plot while relating these elements to the students' lives. Don't worry if your students have never experienced live theatre. The workshops guide the students, perhaps for the first time, how to experience live theatre in a professional setting and to question and reflect on the theatrical experience based on the exploration achieved in the workshops. These workshops will change your classroom's appreciation of live theatre.

Masterclasses

These one day masterclasses focus on a particular aspect of theatre focusing on the professionalism and art of the craft of acting. Teachers can choose masterclasses on any of the following listed below and other topics you recommend dealing with your curriculum and/or current production.

Masterclasses available to you:
Shakespeare
Stage Combat
Auditioning
Directing
Playwriting
Musical Theatre

Workshops & Residencies

Over the course of a class period (workshops) or several sessions (residencies), the Teaching Artist and the classroom teacher will work together to create a program designed specially for his/her classroom. These residencies have the students up on their feet creating, devising, and rehearsing their very own written work. Students begin devising their work through dramatic activities, playwriting exercises, and rehearsal techniques taken from a piece of text within the school curriculum or teacher recommendation.

Our Workshops & Residencies include:

Workshops-
Craft of Acting: This workshop looks at the history of acting and how the craft of acting has evolved shaping the technique of the actor's performance. Students will embark on a an acting tour through time revealing the methods of acting and what method best suits their acting style. Students will experiment with the many different methods of acting from the past to present.

The Playwright's Code: Ever wonder how and why the playwright came up with the themes, characters, and storyline of his/her play? This workshop uncovers the darkest and the brightest mysteries on the themes and background influencing the play and playwright. The students become research experts uncovering information provided within a packet of materials aiding them to solve the mystery presented to them about the play and playwright. *This workshop is advantageous for teachers and students when combined with a current Cape May Stage production to be viewed later as a Student Matinee. This workshop can also be used with a play in your school curriculum.

Residencies-
From Page to Stage: A popular residency for teachers and students, From Page to Stage takes any written text being a poem, play, novel, newspaper articles, letters, etc. and stirs the students to devise, create, and rehearse their written adaptation based on the written text. The students create original characters, plot lines, dialogue, and monologues along with the design elements (costume, sound, and props) for the performance in process.

Modern Will: Students will never fear Shakespeare's plays again after this residency. Modern Will takes a Shakespeare play or sonnet paraphrasing the language into the student's vernacular divulging their hopes and fears through Shakespeare's universal themes.

Conjunctive Residency with Current Production: This residency selects a current Cape May Stage production workshopping the play's background, acting styles, and direction. Students receive a hands-on approach to theatre making conclusions and decisions on how they would produce the play. At the final culmination of this residency, the class views the current production on a Student Matinee performance.

Acting Series

The Acting Series is for student actors who want to learn more about theatre and performance from professionals on staff and guest artists working in the field. These Saturday classes focus on the craft of acting combining the masterclasses and workshops for students in the 4th grade and higher. Each class tackles an element of acting giving the student actors who participate to grasp advanced and cutting edge techniques. Students can attend each session throughout the year or only certain sessions.

The Special Guest Artist Workshops are open to anyone in the community who would like to learn more about theatre. These sessions follow the youth masterclassess from 2:30-3:30pm. Keep checking the website for Special Guest Artists awaiting scheduling for the Acting Series.

Each session is $10.00. Call (609) 884-1341 for pricing and reservations. Participants can even team up with a friend or sibling by using the Flex Pass.

Flex Pass: This pass allows the student(s) to mix and match or attend the same classes together at a discounted rate. The Flex Pass is $40 for any five sessions including the guest artist workshops. Call (609) 884-1341 for scheduling information.

Summer on Stage Shakespeare: YouthStyle

“[The Shakespearience] made me more confident when I'm in front of a crowd of people. I learned that Shakespeare was really into what he wrote. There was nothing about this program I disliked.”
-Chris, Teitelman Middle School

“I liked rehearsing lines and blocking. I also liked the games and
exercises. I learned about the flow of the text and words like hither and yond.”
- Jenna, Teitelman Student

Read more about Summer on Stage in out Newsletter

This year Cape May Stage is offering a younger camp and an older camp and an apprenticeship opportunity!

Summer on Stage in Historic Cape May
A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
YouthStyle
Session 1: Groundlings

Dates: Monday, July 21 – Saturday, July 26, 2008
Times: 10am – 1:30pm
Performance: Saturday, July 26, 2008

This week-long camp for ages 9-13 will have participants performing Shakespeare on a professional stage! Participants will learn contemporary acting techniques as well as Shakespearean language and performance skills. At the end of the intensive performing arts camp, participants will perform selected scenes from A Midsummer’s Nights Dream speaking the original Shakespeare verse.

Click here to download Reservation Form!

Summer on Stage in Historic Cape May
A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
YouthStyle
Session 2: Nobles

Dates: Monday, July 28 – Saturday, August 9, 2008
Monday – Friday
Time: 10am – 3pm

Performance: Saturday, August 9, 2008
The Summer on Stage: YouthStyle is a chance for youths, ages 14 –19, to adapt, design, and perform a Shakespearean play from their point of view. The youth get to work with professional teaching artists from across the country over the course of two weeks will take classes focusing on the language of Shakespeare and Shakespeare performance, Acting covering classical to contemporary styles, and Scenic Design and construction. These classes influence the student adaptation and design of a selected Shakespearean play.

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Themes:
2005 - Site specific piece on historic Cape May
2006 - Macbeth
2007 - Romeo and Juliet
2008 - Midsummer Night's Dream

Summer on Stage in Historic Cape May
A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
YouthStyle
Apprenticeship Program

New This Year!!
The Apprenticeship program is designed to give youth (ages 16 and older) the opportunity to experience theatre as a professional artist and teacher. The apprentice will shadow a mentor teacher during the Groundling summer camp. The apprentice is expected to assist and teach in the field of Theatre Performance or Shakespeare acting skills, assist and/or direct a scene from the play, casting the play, all technical aspects (costumes, props, set, sound, lighting), and backstage leadership. In compensation, the apprentice will receive half off the Nobles summer camp. Only 2-3 apprentices will be chosen for this advanced opportunity. Application deadline is April 30, 2008.

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Age Range:
All children ages 9 and up with interest in the arts are encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

Cost:
Groundlings Camp $225.00
Nobles Camp $400.00

Sign-up dates:
Starting right now!

The Summer on Stage performance is on Saturday, July 26 and Saturday, August 9th, 2008.

Family Week ‘08: Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor

The Cape May Youth Ensemble will perform the first act of Simon’s The Good Doctor. This first act has such classic scenes as “The Sneeze,” “The Governess,” and “Surgery.”

Neil Simon is one of the most prolific and beloved playwrights of all time. You've got Neil Simon -- who, by the way, wrote such renowned classic comedies as "The Odd Couple," and "Barefoot in the Park." Both of those plays were successful in Hollywood, as well as Broadway.

The Good Doctor served as Neil Simon's tribute to Anton Chekhov, arguably one of the greatest writers in Russian history. The play is broken up with adaptations of some of Chekhov's stories, with the common thread of a character called the Writer tying everything together.

“Now people are gathering at its theatre for an encounter with another leading cultural figure - a knowingly charming and studiedly absent- minded reincarnation of Anton Chekhov. The result is an evening of literary caperings that veers between the chocolate-boxy and the heights of comedic pleasure.” - The London Independent

Click here to view Family Week Press Release.

To learn more about our Educational Outreach programs, please contact us for details.
Phone: (609) 884-1341 x7
Email: education@capemaystage.com