Children's Theatre Workshop is
a class offered in the Department of Communication, Media and
Theatre designed to cover all aspects of production culminating
in performances for elementary and middle school students.
From last year, the spring of 2006...
2008-2009 Academic Year Schedule
Fall 2008
Bocon! by Lisa Loomer
“¡Bocón!, a bilingual play filled with humor and mysticism and song, tells the story of a twelve -year-old Miguel who flees a repressive military regime in Central America for Los Angeles. A natural storyteller and irrepressible ‘big mouth’ or bocón, Miguel loses his voice when his parents are taken and begins a metaphorical journey north to the City ofAngels
Suitable for grades 5-8; performances Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Spring 2009
The Jungle Book by R. Rex Stephenson
“Into the Indian semi-tropical jungle comes the man-cub Mowgli. Protected by the wolf pack, taught the laws of the jungle, protected and disciplined by Kaa, Baloo, and Bagheera, Mowgli must choose between two worlds when he comes of age, and he finds himself at home in neither... The dialogue retains the poignancy of Kipling at his best, while peppered with some of those delightful one-liners that make Stephenson’s work so unique and special to audiences everywhere. Mowlgi is especially heart-warming as the jungle boy struggling for acceptance first in a world ruled by the law of the land, then by the people of the village who are ruled by greed and superstition.” (New Plays Inc.)
Suitable for grades 2-5, performances Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Fall 2008
Bocon! by Lisa Loomer
“¡Bocón!, a bilingual play filled with humor and mysticism and song, tells the story of a twelve -year-old Miguel who flees a repressive military regime in Central America for Los Angeles. A natural storyteller and irrepressible ‘big mouth’ or bocón, Miguel loses his voice when his parents are taken and begins a metaphorical journey north to the City of
Suitable for grades 5-8; performances Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Spring 2009
The Jungle Book by R. Rex Stephenson
“Into the Indian semi-tropical jungle comes the man-cub Mowgli. Protected by the wolf pack, taught the laws of the jungle, protected and disciplined by Kaa, Baloo, and Bagheera, Mowgli must choose between two worlds when he comes of age, and he finds himself at home in neither... The dialogue retains the poignancy of Kipling at his best, while peppered with some of those delightful one-liners that make Stephenson’s work so unique and special to audiences everywhere. Mowlgi is especially heart-warming as the jungle boy struggling for acceptance first in a world ruled by the law of the land, then by the people of the village who are ruled by greed and superstition.” (New Plays Inc.)
Suitable for grades 2-5, performances Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Fall 2007 Semester Presentation
| From 5 November to 5 December the Children’s Theatre
Workshop, a CMT Department class, gave 12 performances of WILEY AND THE
HAIRY MAN to almost 900 area school children in grades 2 through 8. WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN tells the story of a young boy haunted by nightmares - or perhaps a real monster ?! – and how he comes to terms with his fears and learns to stand on his own. Based on an African American folk tale, playwright Susan Zeder combines rhythm and rhyme to create a magical world. (Photographs by Ann Hartdegen) |
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| Chorus in the swamp - "when the Hairy Man gets mad, that's bad!" (left to right: Amanda Rzany, Cicely Teal, Veronica Molina, Colleen McCready, Wendy Silva, Sarah Rubinson, Mariya Pashova, Maryam Mirko, Patricia Atwan) | |
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| Wiley climbs a tree to escape the Hairy Man (left to
right: Colleen McCready, Amanda Rzany, Bridgid Pulliam, Cicely Teal,
Veronica Molina [obscured], Wendy Silva, Sarah Rubinson, Mariya
Pashova, Maryam Mirko, Patricia Atwan, Hugo Rosado) |
Hairy Man and Dog fight (Hugo Rosado and Lisa Cantwell, [Sarah Rubinson sitting upstage]) |
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| Wiley and Hairy Man fight (Bridgid Pulliam and Hugo Rosado) | Wiley and Mammy at home - Mammy and chorus conjuring a spell (left to right: Cicely Teal, Amanda Rzany, Bridgid Pulliam, Wendy Silva [back to camera], Veronica Molina [obscured], Sarah Rubinson, Sarah Sherron, Mariya Pashova [obscured], Maryam Mirko, Patricia Atwan, Colleen McCready [back to camera]) |
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| Wiley in the swamp - "I shakes, I shakes, that tree’s full of snakes!" (left to right: Amanda Rzany, Bridgid Pulliam, Cicely Teal, Wendy Silva, Maryam Mirko, Patricia Atwan, Hugo Rosado; obscured Veronica Molina, Colleen McCready, Sarah Rubinson, Mariya Pashova,) | Wiley plays with his Dog (left to right upstage: Amanda
Rzany, Cicely Teal, Veronica Molina, Colleen McCready, Wendy Silva,
Sarah Rubinson, Mariya Pashova, Maryam Mirko, Patricia Atwan;
downstage: Bridgid Pulliam, Lisa Cantwell) |
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| Mammy protects Wiley from the Hairy Man (left to right: Cicely Teal, Bridgid Pulliam, Sarah Sherron, part of Hugo Rosado) |
Chorus I (Amanda Rzany, Cicely Teal) |
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| Chorus II (Colleen McCready, Wendy Silva, Veronica Molina) |
Chorus III (Sarah Rubinson, Mariya Pashova) |
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| Chorus IV (Maryam Mirko, Patricia Atwan) | WILEY cast and crew (L to R, front row / on ground –
Sarah Sherron, Colleen McCready, Wendy Silva, Veronica Molina, Sarah
Rubinson, Patricia Atwan, Maryam Mirko; sitting or standing / back row
– Marilyn Adler, Amanda Rzany, Lisa Cantwell, Cicely Teal, Bridgid
Pulliam, Hugo Rosado, Nina Pingul, Eric Senne, Dennis Tate, Rowan
Hanson, Mariya Pashova) |
The Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 semester included:
Directed by Dan Wirth
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