Theatre Education and Creative Drama by Karen De Mauro and The Acting Center

Karen De Mauro has been an Artist-in-Residence for over 30 years, and has written over 50 original musicals. Collaborating with Broadway musical composers, she takes the power of theatre and brings it to students and teachers, permanently altering their learning landscape.

Educational Program Offerings

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Creating An Original Musical
An awe-inspiring program that empowers 100 students to rehearse and perform a musical in one week. [Download PDF]

How it works

Presentation Skills
This skill-based program trains students from ages 10-18 to comfortably present in public.
[Download PDF]

The Performalong! for Kids of All Ages
Mobilize your students and explore how art brings a topic alive. With the Performalong process, you can create a mini-musical 50 students in one day, This years feature is "Rachel Carsons Sense of Wonder".[ Download PDF]

Participatory Storytelling for Kids of All Ages
Experience motivating storytelling that captivates and inspires by trying on a wide range of themes, styles and music.[ Download PDF]

Creative Drama Workshops for Grades K-8
Immerse students in the basics of drama through highly participatory 45-minute classroom sessions, where they learn theater skills that also build life skills such as focus and motivation.
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Classroom Journeys for Grades 2 and up
Create "story journeys" that integrate games, drama exercises and arts activities based on the theme or story of your choice

Teacher Training Workshops
Focus on how to enhance learning in the classroom using hands-on drama techniques and structures that honor individual teaching styles.

Medieval Grail Quest
This interactive program for Middle School and Junior High uses a group of 30 onstage performers who join storyteller Karen DeMauro to co-create a show for up to 300 students,
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Nature Program Offerings

Click For a full Nature & Science resume

Click For a " Nature of New York Program"

Click for a Nature Story List

The Naturestages Blog

Sample of Nature/Science Programs

Site Specific Habitat Walks

Notes from the Field

Karen De Mauro Rachel Carson Musical at Seatuck

NATURE AND STORYTELLING

The Acting Center begins its new nature & science storytelling initiative this year. A wide range of special programs that focus on the natural world in general and on "wetlands" in particular are listed in the Education pages of this website.

Click here for Creative Drama Tips

Click here for Nature Education

Click here NY Times "Intrepid" Article

Click For a full Nature & Science resume

Click For a " Nature of New York Program"

Click for a Nature Story List

The Naturestages Blog

Sample of Nature/Science Programs

Site Specific Habitat Walks

Notes from the Field

THE KID AND THE CATHEDRAL

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is
a true sacred arts forum. In late 2001 the Cathedral Gift Shop suffered a terrible fire. As a way of creating revenue for the Fire Damage Fund, Karen De Mauro and the kids at PS11 school made a 40-minute storytelling tape about the gift of the Cathedral's mentoring and neighborhood involvement.

To order the tape and benefit the fund click here.

For more information call: 212-675-6944 karendemauro@earthlink.net Business Hours: 9am-6pm