Education Projects
Each year the Victoria Theatre Association Education and Outreach team offers an in-depth education project at no charge to participating students and teachers. Each project is built around a performance. During these projects, students dive into the plays exploring the themes of the shows and deal with contemporary issues and what relevance they have to each individual. The goal is to connect art to life through educational workshops, lectures and exercises.
During last season's project, In the Footsteps of Celie: Using Art to Empower Youth in association with THE COLOR PURPLE, students traced the steps of the story’s central character, Celie and learned through her journe the importance of becoming strong, independent and responsible citizens in the modern age.
Victoria Theatre Association’s Education and Outreach Department is proud to launch three new 2009-2010 Education Projects:
- HOCUS FOCUS in association with the 2009-2010 Young at Heart presentation of THE SPENCERS' THEATRE OF ILLUSION.
- CHANGED FOR GOOD in association with the Broadway Series presentation of the Broadway musical WICKED.
- THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUM in association with the 2009-2010 presentations of SAN JOSE TAIKO.
As an organization, Victoria Theatre Association will gain a greater understanding of the community which we serve as well as create new and strengthen existing partnerships within the Dayton area community. Our hope is that this type of project can serve as a model for further development of this demographic that is in such need of positive role models, educational opportunities and powerful exposure to the arts.
For more information, please contact Education and Outreach Manager David Brush at david.brush@victoriatheatre.com.
