Build A Story Residency
In this community-building residency program, students learn the elements of story structure and build their telling skills, as Andrea guides them to perform personal narratives in front of an audience. Beginning with familiar stories and fables, students use open-ended questions and mapping to identify and pick apart the fundamental elements of a story—characters, setting, and outcomes. They then work collectively to change these elements, and build their own story as a class. Using this story as a script,
Andrea guides students to discover its natural rhythms, and identify opportunities for audience participation. Students perform their new story from beginning to end as a culminating event for the residency. Workshop subjects and lengths can be modified for individual schools to meet their needs or focus.
Program available in person, or live online.
Audience Limit: 30
Curriculum Connection: Mass Curriculum Frameworks for English Language Arts and Literacy speaking and Listening Standards Pre-K–5 9 (R.L 1.1 & R.L 1.3): Students will be able to tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details and speak in audibly and coherent sentences.
Minimum of 2 workshops per day.
2 Workshops: $550
Additional Workshops: $220
Residency Workshops: $175-275
Planning fee based upon scope of residency.
Travel: $50 per day
Pricing may vary for weekends/out-of-school time
Processing Fee of $45 added to all contracts
Provisions:
- A teacher in the room to support artist and address student needs.
- 1 reserved parking space
- Writing materials for the students
- Handouts and activity sheets copied as needed.
For a full residency, a minimum of 3 contacts with each class culminating in a sharable project, is recommended. Schools must schedule at least two workshops in a single day. Schools preferring a more introductory residency can schedule a total of one introductory skills workshop for each of their classes with no culminating event.
