CORE

Students attend a matinee of an MTC production after intensive classroom preparation. Four workshops with MTC teaching artists and classroom teachers enrich students' experiences at the performance. Students discuss the play, do improvisations on its themes, perform key excerpts, and write scenes of their own. This work provides specific insights into the plays being studied and deepens the students' understanding of theatre in general.

WRITE ON THE EDGE (WrOTE)

Students develop original scripts inspired by the Manhattan Theatre Club production they have studied and attended. A team of professional actors, directors, and classroom teachers supervises the writing and revision process; the project culminates in a performance of the students' work by the professional actors. Write on the Edge provides a uniquely empowering opportunity for students to refine and revise their work and bring it to life.

INTERACT

Students from two culturally, economically, and geographically disparate communities study and attend a play together. Students travel to one another's schools for the preparatory workshops: They act, write, discuss, and debate with a group of their peers with whom they would otherwise have no contact.

THEATRELINK

Students in geographically isolated communities collaborate on a playwriting/production project via the Internet. Classes at each site write an original play based on an MTC production; their play is then produced by students at a partner school. Using distance-learning technologies, students confer with MTC teaching artists, study the MTC play, and communicate with their partner school. The work culminates in a presentation of the plays via videoconference or streaming video. For more information about the program, visit www.theatrelink.org.

HIGHER EDUCATION

A range of programs including hands-on workshops and panels with MTC artists deepen undergraduate and graduate students' understanding of specific MTC productions and of theatre in general. This program also helps train pre- and in-service teachers to incorporate theatre techniques and theatregoing experiences into the K-12 curriculum.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Classroom teachers and school administrators participate in free artist-led workshops focusing on a Manhattan Theatre Club production. This process introduces teachers to MTC's instructional model and to innovative techniques for teaching theatre and dramatic literature.