SMALL GROUP CREATIVE DRAMA

“Cara Gabriel changed the way I learn. If you are lucky in your academic journey, you find a mentor who sees you: the passion you wear on your sleeve and the light you have yet to recognize in yourself. They encourage curiosity over achievement and value growth in failure as much as success. They offer a resounding “yes” when you wonder if you have it in you to do the next hard thing and celebrate you as you do. In sixteen years of knowing Cara, she has been this person for me at every turn. But I am not alone. Cara’s gift as an educator is that she offers this to each and every one of her students.”

Katie Ryan, LMSW-CC

Included:

  • 6 one-hour sessions

  • Minimum 6 students per class; maximum 10 students per class

  • Offered for students ages 5-12. Each course will be focused on a more limited age range (5-7; 7-9; 9-12; etc.)

  • Creative Drama courses are geared toward students who want to engage in creative and emotional development through storytelling, theatre games, improvisation, physical play, visual art, and original story composition. While students may write their own scenes or create their own work, these courses do not focus on text-based drama.

  • Creative Drama courses are focused on Process over Product. These sessions do not end with a production or recital, though caregivers and other grownups may be invited to observe a class.

  • A Creative Drama course might be for your child if they want to:

    • Gain introductory acting skills

    • Learn the basics of character, setting, and plot

    • Expand your imaginative capacity

    • Engage in creative and intellectual risk taking

    • Learn to solve problems creatively

    • Build confidence

    • Improve communication skills

    • Work individually and in collaborative teams

    • Practice empathy and other forms of emotional expression

    • Use creativity and imagination to improve literacy or STEM skills

    • Think on their feet

    • PLAY!

  • Each course will follow a particular theme, including but not limited to:

    • Fairy Tales

    • Space Exploration

    • Historical Events/Figures

    • Myths and Legends

    • Scientific Discoveries

    • Heroes (Real and Imagined!)

    • Other topics to be decided in advance, or as custom packages for groups. Sometimes session topics will evolve as we go, depending on group needs.