Treasure Trunk |  Dramatic AIDS Education Project | Reaching the Write Minds 

Once Upon a Treasure Trunk: Foolish but Fortunate Events!

November 21, 2008– February 27, 2009
Touring to preschools, kindergartens and 1st grades!

In an ageless world of invention, laughter and foolishness, lives the clown…a maestro of emotion and charisma that can tackle the absurd and the sentimental. In Once Upon a Treasure Trunk: Foolish but Fortunate Events!, two charming characters prepare for a birthday celebration in which they encounter humility, jealously, misunderstandings, generosity and ultimately learn to share. Their wordless language is one of giggles, calamity and silliness but their lessons learned resonate in reality.

Plenty of audience participation and a treasure trunk full of wit and hilarity in an intimate environment. These are not circus clowns but “character” clowns, who carry their world with them and create it all in your school — using only invention as their guide.

Curriculum Ties: perfect introduction to live theatre; drawing conclusions; social interaction; lessons on topics such as patience, friendship and responsibility.

Cost: $325 for 75 students; $275 for a second performance at same site, same day (maximum three performances per day)

Length: Approximately 45 minutes

Host schools agree to:
* a maximum of 75 total students (preschool through 1st grade only)
*provide a large playing area 20’ x 20’ for the staging area, plus additional room outside this
area for children to sit—a typical classroom will not accommodate this
* 30 minutes of clear set up time in the space with no children present
* teachers and chaperones to sit among the children
* no photography during the performance

Today is such a visual age, especially for children who have information available at light-speed. Physical theatre presents frame after frame of images without the use of traditional text and language, very much challenging children’s imaginations.” -Heidi Stubblefield, instructor

For more information or to schedule a performance, contact Annette Filippi, project coordinator, at 816-474-4241 or annette@4booking.com.

Dramatic AIDS Education Project

A free touring prevention presentation for 8th grade and high schools Available year-round, serving 8,000 annually

DAEP is a collaborative program between the Coterie Theatre and the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at the University of Kansas. One medical student and one professional actor, trained as AIDS peer educators, employ hard hitting monologues, slides, and music to portray HIV+ teenagers in the Kansas City area. The monologues are followed by an intensive question and answer period. The award winning program is highly lauded for its balanced message to educate teens about the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other STIs

Audience limits: 9-12th graders, 20- 50 students per presentation; 8th graders, 20-50 students per presentation. Length is 45-60 minutes, including the question and answer session.

Cost: Free of charge. A mileage fee may be charged for travel outside of the Kansas City metro area.

To check date/time availability and see a video about the presentation (coming soon!) click here. For more information or to book a presentation, contact Annette Filippi, project coordinator, at 816-474-4241 or annette@4booking.com.

Other outreach programs offered by the Coterie:

Reaching the Write Minds
Playwriting in your junior high or high school!
Available throughout the school year

To give a voice to emerging young writers, the Coterie offers a playwriting seminar in your school, based on Coterie Artistic Director Jeff Church’s acclaimed program that originated at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Students will learn to create settings, devise scenarios and build characters.

Upon completion of this seminar with a Coterie professional playwright/facilitator, young playwrights will have devised a beginning scenario for a complete play and will have several fully written scenes. Following this seminar, participants may be selected to develop their plays at the Coterie’s Young Playwrights’ Roundtable.

• Available for grades 7-12 only, conducted in your school or another selected site (often the Westport CoffeeHouse is available at no additional charge).
• The seminar may be held in one 5 hour session OR in two sessions, each 2½ hours in length.
• COST: $300 for a maximum of 20 students. A teacher is required to be present throughout the seminar.

For more information or to schedule a workshop, contact Annette Filippi, project coordinator, at 816-474-4241 or annette@4booking.com.

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