We are looking for: good team players, movie fans, avid readers, sports fans, brainiacs, shy kids, pirates, princesses and born performers – anyone and everyone who has ever imagined their own adventure!
What students will need: their bodies, their voices, and their imaginations!
Our teachers are energetic, professionals ready to help your students explore theater! They are actors, directors and educators, and they are experienced at working with students of all skill levels.
Our after-school programs and in-school residencies:
enhance your curriculum by focusing on reading, writing, and multicultural studies
foster a lifelong interest in performing arts
introduce a dynamic new dimension to the teaching of any subject
boost creativity, self-confidence, communication, and teamwork
are a budget-conscious way to add arts enrichment to your curriculum
use the talent of professional artists, actors, directors, dancers and teachers
are approved by and offered through HISD's Arts Partners program
are easy to plan and pay for!
How it fits in your budget: By choosing the right number of classes and the right payment plan, we can work with almost any budget.
For information and pricing:
Troy Scheid, Director of Education
Main Street Theater – Education, Classes & Outreach
713-524-9196 x104
Performing Arts Outreach
Main Street Theater’s enrichment class offers the chance for young actors and actresses to explore new worlds, build confidence, and have lots of fun!
This class draws on students’ strengths as they create an original play. Participants focus on bringing characters to life through creative movement, improvisation and text; they will learn about dramatic structure as they combine their ideas into a piece for performance. At the end of each semester, students present the result of their hard work in a fun event for an audience of family and friends.
Main Street Theater’s storytelling class encourages kids’ creativity and curiosity as they explore the events of their lives, family history, stories from many cultures, and their own imaginations.
Participants will examine several types of stories, from fables to students’ original fiction to tales they hear from elderly family members. They will also experiment with different types of storytelling, using speech, music and movement. At the end of each semester, students present the result of their hard work in a fun event for an audience of family and friends.
Main Street Theater’s poetry and public speaking class builds confidence as students experience firsthand the words of great poets and speakers from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou to Barack Obama!
Not only will students explore the rich world of existing poetry and oratory – they will also create their own pieces for performance. At the end of each semester, students present the result of their efforts in a fun event for an audience of family and friends, featuring a combination of interpreted and original work.
Wish teaching the TEKS/STAAR objectives could be a little more...well, dramatic? Main Street Theater is excited to introduce the Drama Learning Lab, an innovative approach to bringing performing arts into every classroom. The Drama Learning Lab can be used in middle school science, math, Texas history, and language arts classes. These curricula are tailored to specific TEKS/STAAR objectives by professional educators and brought to life by theater artists. These residencies can be performed in-school with classes or after-school with tutoring sessions.
Actors and performing artists spend a lifetime exploring the possibilities of theater and performance, but there is a way to introduce your students to a variety of activities in just one afternoon! It’s Drama Day, a fun, fast-paced workshop that gives students an opportunity to participate in a range of hands-on theater projects.
Groups of students rotate through each of four performing-arts related activities over the course of the workshop. Your Drama Day activities may include:
Theater and improvisation games
Dance games and exercises
Mask-making
Puppet-making
Stage combat
We will do our best to accommodate your preferences when booking a Drama Day! Some activities may not be available on all dates or for all age groups.
Drama Day Price: $400 for 2 hours
Drama Day Capacity: 60 – 100 students per hour
We will supply:
Four qualified teachers
All supplies and equipment
Requirements:
One large, open room (like a cafeteria or gym) cleared of furniture and computers OR four smaller classrooms cleared of furniture and computers. We will need access to electrical outlets.
2 volunteers per group to supervise students as they work with teachers
