Community Arts Partner – The Creative Advantage

Participant Details

Individual Bio or Organizational Statement: Stone Soup’s Theatre performance programs focus on giving each young actor the tools they need to succeed on stage. All our student productions are actor-centered, our students are the true stars of our shows! We take focus away from the technical aspects of theatre and put it back in our young actors’ imaginations. We use suggestive costuming, sets and props to allow the students’ bodies, focus, reactions and facial expressions be what shows our audience the world and environment of the play.
Here at Stone Soup, it is our philosophy that everyone – actor and audience – brings an essential ingredient to the creation of theatre and the sum is always greater than its parts. We are proud to be able to provide 25 years of drama and theatre to our community and wish to extend our profound thanks to the devoted students, friends, and patrons who have supported us.

Type: All our programs incorporate the Washington State standards for Theatre in

Theatre Skills Performance Programs Academic Theme-Based Programming Mask Commedia dell’arte

Physical Theatre

Shakespeare Acting

Improvisation Theatre Crafts Story Drama

Musical Theatre

Playwrighting

Residencies

21st Century Skills including STEAM

Previous School Partnerships: Designed to fit the needs of K-12 students, we have integrated state learning standards with the belief that theatre is the perfect medium to serve students with diverse learning styles. We have provided after-school and performance programs to more than 35 private and public schools in the greater Seattle area. Contact our Educational Director to bring one of our very popular programs to your school.

Teaching Philosophy + Approach: Stone Soup's Theatre educational programs focus on giving each young actor the tools they need to succeed on stage. All our student productions are actor-centered; we take focus away from the technical aspects of theatre and put it back in our young actor's imaginations. Our programs focus on process, growth, and individualized student development. Our goal is to nurture and engage individual students at a level that is appropriate and challenging.

Curriculum Integration Possibilities: Academic Theme-Based Programming - Using theatrical exercises, teaching artists work with students to make your core curriculum accessible to visual, kinesthetic, spatial, musical and intra-personal learners. We design a custom program for your classroom. Program examples include: Physical approaches to Math as a part of STEAM (symmetry, basic mathematical operations) Language & Theatre Arts (exploring plots and characters of assigned readings, working on spelling and vocabulary through Theatre games) and History (enacting historic events for experiential learning)

Special Skills and Areas of Expertise: For a recent residency with at the Northwest School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, we worked with the school contact and our teaching artist to find the best option for their special needs population of K-8 students. After deciding on a physical theatre residency adapted for the various age groups, our teaching artist connected with one of the classroom teachers to discuss specific logistics like the physical space, special amplification equipment, and how to best work with the interpreters and assistants the school provided to best accommodate student needs and the teacher's learning objectives. We also specialize in working with students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, special education students, students with learning and behavior disabilities, English Language Learners (ELL), and students who have been impacted by the criminal justice system.

Testimonials from Schools: Vanessa Kitchner Assistant Manager Kids Co @ Lincoln (206)632-7753
Nikki Eisenhut Alki Elementary, West Seattle

3010 59th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 252-9050
Denise Templeman Northwest School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children 15303 Westminster Way N, Shoreline, WA 98133
(206) 364-4605