School Adventures!
Treehouse Players, a children’s theater adventure, offers a variety of workshops, residencies, and assemblies for preschools and elementary schools. Amy Forbes, THP founder and teaching artist, leads interactive programs that engage students utilizing a combination of the arts; theater, storytelling, music, movement, and/or visual art. Integrating the arts in education and growing social development skills are primary goals for THP.
Classroom Workshops
Classroom Workshops
Classroom Offerings
- Offered for preschools and elementary schools, 2 class minimum per visit
- Designed for one classroom at a time; 30-60 minutes
- Starting at $650/day, based on number of classes
- Travel Fees: over 25 miles, starting at $75
Option 1: Stand-Alone Workshops
- Visits occur throughout the school year, and may or may not be related to each other.
- Choose from a list of workshops with SEL or literacy themes.
Option 2: Multiple Day Residency
- 4+ visits that occur regularly – daily or weekly – and are defined by a theme or curriculum focus.
- Collaborate with Amy to define the scope of the chosen theme or curriculum focus.
- Final sharing or culminating project that may include an audience of peers or parents: $400
Theater/Storytelling Workshops + Residencies
Creative Arts Residencies
Amy creates arts-integrated experiences based on the chosen curriculum focus, including literacy, social studies, science, or SEL. She uses dramatic tools such as theatre games, improvisation, and role-play, as well as storytelling, creative movement, and singing to lead students and teachers to actively and creatively explore curriculum concepts. Through this process, students’ varied learning styles are engaged and their literacy of the concept grows.
Story Theater Assemblies
Story Theater Assemblies
- Offered for preschool and elementary schools
- Designed for 1 – 3 grade levels at a time; 45-60 minutes
- Choose a story from a list of previously created assemblies OR
- Choose your own story and, for an additional fee, Amy will create an assembly for your school.
- Option to incorporate 30-45 minute classroom workshops before or after assembly; $150/class
- Pricing based on number of assemblies
- 1 Assembly : $900
- 2 Assemblies: $1500 (occur in one day)
- 1 Assistant: Stage Crew (if needed because school volunteers are not available): $500
- Travel Fees: over 25 miles, starting at $75
Description
Interactive assemblies involve your students and their storytelling tools; voice, body, imagination, and emotion. Equipped with music, backdrops, scenery, props, costumes, and a sound system, Amy leads students through a chosen story. All students become willing and excited participants as they bring a story to life, whether they are in the audience or on stage. Curriculum Options: Literacy, Social Studies, SEL
Point Person
Prior to the assembly, Amy communicates with a point person to determine the chosen story and all details pertaining to its presentation, including space and equipment needs. Amy may choose to visit your school ahead of time to assess the best way to set up her sound system and the stage area.
Teacher/School Support
Teachers choose 15-20 students per assembly to participate on stage as actors. Amy meets with those students for 30 minutes before the assembly to rehearse and put costumes on. One to two volunteers or school staff are needed to help the student actors as they put costumes on and to guide and monitor them when they are on or off stage. To prepare all of the students for the assembly, all teachers read the story to their class or share a video/audio read aloud.
Flexibility!
If your school’s needs do not fit within the framework of the programs listed above, please ask about other options. Amy is happy to collaborate with you to develop programs that do not appear on this list.
