Unlock your students’ potential with movement, writing, performance, and Storytelling (r)Evolutionized! Actors Theatre of Louisville teaching artists offer a range of classroom residencies, in-person and virtually, focused on creatively engaging your students. Classroom teachers will have the opportunity to meet with the teaching artist and our Director of Learning and Creative Engagement to prepare for each residency.
For more information, please email lace@actorstheatre.org.
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NEW VOICES
For High School
In this classroom playwriting residency, an Actors Theatre of Louisville teaching artist leads students through the process of writing a ten-minute play. Students create detailed characters, make specific choices about language, conflict, and structure, and support each other through peer critique.
This program consists of eight 50-minute sessions with an Actors Theatre teaching artist over the course of eight weeks. Classroom teachers are encouraged to give their students additional writing time when the teaching artist is not there.
This program consists of five 50-minute sessions with an Actors Theatre teaching artist over the course of ten weeks. Classroom teachers are encouraged to give their students additional writing time when the teaching artist is not there.
ALI SUMMIT
For 5th Grade and Up
Inspired by Ali Summit written by Idris Goodwin, commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville. Students will explore the way Muhammad Ali led social change and share their own stories through spoken word, poetry, and writing.
This in-person, two-week Ali Summit residency consists of five sessions, meeting for one hour each day.
This virtual, one-week Ali Summit residency consists of five sessions, meeting for one hour each day.
WORD PLAY
For Grades 3–5
Dream it. Write it. Perform it. Students bring unique characters and student-written scenes to life in this classroom playwriting residency. Combining creative writing with acting exercises, this experience inspires students to express their naturally creative selves in a celebration of reading, writing, and imagination.
The in-person Word Play learning experience is a three-day classroom playwriting residency.
The virtual Word Play learning experience is a three-day classroom playwriting residency.
Thank you to our partners for their support of this programming.
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Virtual Field Trips
Choose from Actors Theatre's library of video and audio productions, and share our premium streaming content with your students.
Memberships
Become a Member and get unlimited access to our Member Library, a collection of free audio and video content, including spoken word performances like Fix It, Black Girl and OKOLONA HABLA (okolona speaks), animated shorts like Aesop's Fables, access to community conversations, and more! Memberships start at no cost to join.
Memberships are meant for individual use. If you are purchasing for a class, please purchase a virtual field trip