Provider Details

Provider: Yard Dramas

Contact Details

Address
Primary Contact: Jennifer Ridgway

Cultural Organization

Events and Programs Offered

Colorful Emotions Workshop: Exploring Our Feelings in Dramatic Play

El Monstruo de Colores by Anna Llenas inspires a multi-session social-emotional investigation that uses drama and puppets. We develop an imaginary world and explore a particular problem, situation, or theme. Your classroom becomes a rehearsal hall, learning becomes personal, immediate, and active, and students become…
Program/Event Format: In School Residency, In School Workshop
Art Forms: Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry, Creative Writing

A Theater-Learning & Making Experience

Looking for an in-classroom theatre-learning and theatre-making program tailored to your specific needs? Look no further! Jennifer develops a one-time or multi-session program to meet your unique classroom needs and learning goals using storytelling, theater, puppetry, music, and dance. Programs are age-appropriate experiences that engage…
Program/Event Format: In School Residency
Art Forms: Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry, Music, Dance and Movement

Performance: Star Light for Me and Us, a story about finding light in darkness

Jennifer’s interactive performance programs are stories that promote social-emotional learning in early childhood, elementary, and family audiences. The programs feature seasonal and nature-related content. In this intimate performance, audience members immerse themselves in the dark, night sky, coming together to explore constellations as a community…
Program/Event Format: In School Performance
Art Forms: Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry

Making the World Dramatic Experience: Becoming a Changemaker and Civic Hero

Students dive into the study of transportation, communication, farming/food, and fashion by examining materials and practices of 1776. They are tasked with developing a character and recreating the classroom environment as an early community in the United States. As the program progresses, students are introduced…
Program/Event Format: In School Residency
Art Forms: Theater, Storytelling, Creative Writing

Farm to Table Residency: Inspiration from Georgia Gilmore

Students will explore how Georgia Gilmore’s influential role in the Montgomery bus boycott can inspire the creation of a farm-to-table restaurant today. This immersive experience involves delving into the various roles required to successfully establish a restaurant, allowing students to transform their classroom into a…
Program/Event Format: In School Residency
Art Forms: Theater, Storytelling

Performance: Butterfly Place, a story about Señorita Mariposa

Jennifer’s interactive performance programs are stories that promote social-emotional learning in early childhood, elementary, and family audiences. The programs feature seasonal and nature-related content. Join us on an exciting adventure as we explore the fascinating life of a monarch caterpillar! This interactive story will engage…
Program/Event Format: In School Performance
Art Forms: Theater, Storytelling, Puppetry

In Role Drama Sessions: The United Nations for the Stages of Debate

Students will be challenged to create and represent a fictional nation within a simulated United Nations General Assembly. This simulation will be structured like a three-act story. First, students will focus on developing their nation at the beginning, working independently or in a small group.…
Program/Event Format: In School Residency