This week NextGen students had the opportunity to observe
and participate in part of CSC’s training for their teaching artists. The
teaching artists consist primarily of current third year grad students at the
M.F.A. Acting Program at Columbia University, with a few alumni of the program
thrown in. Many of the teaching artists will also be starring in the upcoming
Young Company production of The Tempest.
The teaching artists will be training for their positions
all week, and the NextGen students observed only a piece of their training.
They stopped by for a section of training devoted to sharing different theater
games. This part of training required the teaching artists to think of a game
they knew, and come up with a way to share the game that was engaging, while
still accomplishing the goal of the game. The teaching artists were extremely
happy to have the input of NextGen, who were able to test out the games that
the teaching artists brought, and give them feedback about how they could
improve the game, or improve the way in which it was taught.
The teaching artists also gave each other feedback on their
games, and the group together tried to brainstorm ways in which games could be
changed to reflect the themes in The
Tempest. The students had a blast trying out all the different games, and
couldn’t wait to bring some back to their friends, and to have experience with
them when The Tempest workshops come
to their schools.
Coming up soon is the first TEEN TAKEOVER performance of A
MAN’S A MAN, in which the NextGen students will be helping to run the event,
look out for them if you are attending! The performance will feature $10 tickets and a talkback with the artists,
on Sunday, January 19th at 3pm at CSC. To book your tickets for
TEEN TAKEOVER check out: http://www.classicstage.org/nextgen/ for more information!
