It's election season once again, so we thought we would catch up with playwright Ian McWethy and talk to him about his hilarious play EVERY U.S. ELECTION EVER!
Since the 2020 election might be on your students minds— and on yours— this play offers a positive and laugh-out-loud way to get them thinking about America's democratic process (and maybe even helping them get excited about their history homework while you're at it!).
Stage Partners got to sit down with playwrights Janet Allard and Michael Bigelow Dixon, authors of Alice in Winter Wonderland, a new adaptation inspired by the stories and characters created by Lewis Carroll. On a dreary Christmas Eve, Alice follows a White Rabbit down its hole, plummeting her into Wonderland in the middle of winter. Now it's up to Alice, and many of Lewis Carroll’s iconic characters, to restore Wonder to Wonderland.
In non-chronological order, Amy and Craig dissect and examine their tortuous first love affair in scenes that are both heartbreaking and hilarious.
Stage Partners got to sit down with playwright Werner Trieschmann, author of Fake News!, a hilarious and timely new play that rips the headlines.
Stage Partners got to sit down with playwright Claudia Haas, author of Antigone in Munich: The Sophie Scholl Story, a beautiful new play that brings an important story to the stage. Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose Society in Nazi Germany which encouraged passive resistance against the totalitarian
Playwright Sonya Sobieski sits down with her eleven-year-old daughter to talk about life, theater, and her new play Morning Announcements. Skyler is about to enter sixth grade, and like many persons her age, is incredibly loquacious and forthcoming.
Sonya: Hey, Skyler.
Skyler: I don’t really want to do this, and I’m not going to say anything.
Sonya: C’mon. What are you looking forward to about middle school?
Skyler: Being more organized.
Sonya: Yeah?
Skyler: ‘Cause I got a lot of stuff.
Sonya: What kind of stuff?
Skyler: School stuff. D&D books.
(And check out he 5 FREE LESSON PLANS we commissioned him to develop for A Wrinkle in Time stage adaptations...)
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MARIA: After working off-Broadway, what brought your focus to connecting the professional theatre to theatre education?
PETER: Theatre’s in my blood, I can’t get enough of it, and I’ve always wanted to share
Stage Partners Education Director, Maria McConville, chats with Katie Miller, the Education Director for NYC’s Theater For a New Audience. They discuss student writing, encouraging the less courageous, and even share a game.
MARIA: I’ve had the great fortune to work with NYC public school students on playwriting through the "New Voices" program at Theater For a New Audience. Before starting a residency, there's a great deal of planning with the teaching artist
Stage Partners Education Director, Maria McConville, got a chance to catch the Fresh Professor, James Miles, between classes to hear about his love of collaborating with teachers, how the arts are the “main ingredient” to a student's day and about why you should attend the Arts In Education Roundtable Face to Face Conference in NYC this April.
MARIA: In your experience, and you have taught all over the place, how has Arts Education changed? Anything we should bring back? What are we doing right?
JAMES: When I first starting working in arts education, I worked mostly in after school, as did most of the teaching artists that I met. Over the years, I have seen arts integration happen more frequently, so that the arts are not just an afterthought; they are the main ingredient. I see more and teachers recognize the power of the arts in educating and engaging young people. There is still arts for arts sake, but as
Co-Founder Jason Pizzarello interviews Co-Founder Morgan Gould about how and why she started Stage Partners. New plays for young actors and audiences.
