Join us on March 22nd at 7pm at Hartford Public High School for “Channel Chasers.” West Hartford’s Hall High and Hartford Public High School students co-created this original one-act play from scratch during a session of the Youth Play Institute.
One day I was called in to the nurses office at Hartford High. One of the practitioners named Ruth asked me, “Jonathan, what are your plans after you graduate?” My response was “Ruth, I want to be become an actor.” Then she pulled out a small flier from her cabinet for HartBeat’s Youth Play Institute.
Startin’ Drama: A bullying prevention program that teaches empathy, engagement and empowerment. For 6th- 12th Graders.
Combining interactive theater with evidenced based assessment tools, Startin’ Drama moves beyond typical bullying prevention programs by creating and performing scenes that come from participants’ specific experiences.
Thursday night, May 26th, Hartford Public High students and Farmington Public High students will perform their original one-act play Who am I? as part of HartBeat Ensemble’s Youth Play Institute.
Who Am I? We Are Who We Are… is a play about not being true to yourself in order to fit in with certain clicks at school. It talks about bullying and cyber-bullying, using the student’s own brand of comic relief to help teach a valuable lesson.
HartBeat’s latest educational program kicks off this April at Noah Webster Micro-Society School. Named, “Startin’ Drama,” participating students in this extended-day program will create theater about bullying, while working on Language Arts skills.
Did you see HartBeat’s Youth Play Institute featured in the January 2011 Hartford Magazine? Well you’re in luck because the internet REMEMBERS EVERYTHING and has the article for your viewing pleasure.