Barrel of Monkeys' workshop/performance model puts students' ideas first. BOM facilitators conduct weekly creative writing workshops in elementary school classrooms over a six-week period.
All residencies include a hyper-energetic, school-wide performance of funny and warm sketches and songs. Young authors discover the power of their imagination when they see the stories created in their classroom workshops brough to life on stage by professional actors.
Since our inception we have worked in 32 Chicago Public Schools. More than 7,000 lower-income elementary school students with limited literacy skills and few opportunities for creative expression have participated in the BOM programs that build self-esteem and confidence in student ideas and abilities.
We have been extremely fortunate for the last three years to have Dixie Uffelman as our Program Director.
(Dixie is second from the left)
The sadness at Dixie’s imminent departure from the office is, however, tempered by the excitement at having hired Elizabeth Levy as our new Program Director.
More after the jump!
I stopped in at the last rehearsal for the AG Bell show and want to share the pretty faces!
Prince Geoff and Princess Mary Winn—I want her hat!
Welcome, Monkey Blog Readers. Lots of news coming up. Pay attention real close, ‘cuz this blog is coming to you from Kurt Chiang, who has only been in the company for about a year and a half, which means he doesn’t have a digital camera yet. So, this entry is going to be flavored a tad differently. You’ll see what I mean in a second. Unless you’ve cheated and you’ve already scrolled yourself down on the digital browser. Let’s get to business…
The upcoming show is for the AG Bell Convention, hosted by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The convention will be in glorious MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
Ten Monkeys involved in this show. Here are their stories…
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Barrel of Monkeys
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657
(Psst...we perform elsewhere.)
