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27 Dec 2011
Audition call for Startin’ Drama
HartBeat Ensemble is looking for actors and acting interns for its bullying prevention program Startin’ Drama.
Actors and acting interns must be able to play characters between the ages of 11 and 19 and be available for daytime performances (most likely no more than 2 a month). Actors are paid a day rate and acting interns are given a stipend. Click to read more.
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30 Sep 2011
Startin’ Drama: A bullying prevention program that teaches Empathy, Engagement and Empowerment
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.
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02 Jan 2011
Youth Play Institute
HartBeat Ensemble’s Youth Play Institute (YPI) brings together urban and suburban high school students for intensive play creation residencies. By teaching youth to communicate with each other through theater, the project breaks down racial and economic stereotypes and exposes participants to new friends, collaborators, and audiences.
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01 Jan 2011
Extended day programs
HartBeat works with elementary through high school students to write and produce plays on topics relevant to the school community. HartBeat is currently conducting a play-building program on youth bullying called “Startin’ Drama” for 5th -7th grade students. Extended day programs can be tailored for different ages, budgets and time frames from one session to 4-to-6 week projects.
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30 Dec 2010
Arts Integration Units
HartBeat tailors Arts Integration Units to the individual curriculum needs and priorities of each classroom. HartBeat works with teachers and administrators to design arts integration subject units that target specific Grade Level Expectations for each grade.
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Latest Education News
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Audition call for Startin’ Drama
HartBeat Ensemble is looking for actors and acting interns for its bullying prevention program Startin’ Drama.
Actors and acting interns must be able to play characters between the ages of 11 and 19 and be available for daytime performances (most likely no more than 2 a month). Actors are paid a day rate and acting interns are given a stipend. Click to read more.
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YPI in one student’s words: Read Jonathan’s Speech here
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.
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Startin’ Drama: A bullying prevention program that teaches Empathy, Engagement and Empowerment
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.
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Youth Play Institute premieres “Who Am I?”
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.
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HartBeat is “Startin’ Drama” this April!
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.
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HartBeat in Hartford Mag
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.
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