Looking for Black History Programs and Performances? Dramatic Play offers a variety of programs for elementary, middle, high school, and community groups. We bring the performances to you. Take a look at our offerings.
Interactive Story Performances for PK-3rd Grade
Imagine and Play Storytime: Diaspora of the Trickster
African Folktales and characters made the journey with Africans during the Diaspora. This interactive story presentation shares the stories of two well-known tricksters. Anansi the Spider and Bruh Rabbit are up to their old tricks. They have traveled a long way to share their stories. Participants will hear tales of Anansi, the Crocodile, Bruh Rabbit, and the Wolf. They will engage, imagine, and learn ASL during this communal experience.
Imagine and Play Storytime: Anansi and the Magic Rock
Anansi and the Magic Rock is an interactive performance for young audiences. The experience begins with students warming up their actor's tools to prepare for performance (body, voice, imagination, ensemble). Then, imaginary travel is used to transport the participants to the African Savanna. Once there, they meet Anansi the Spider. Anansi has a story to tell and needs help telling his story. Participants are taught a series of actions that repeat throughout the story to keep everyone actively engaged.
Imagine and Play Storytime: Becoming a Legend
This interactive workshop combines performance and active participation.
Participants will play a “Guess Who” game as they watch brief performances of legendary African American Women. They will use their imaginations to travel in time to become these legends. Bessie Coleman, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Mae Jemison.
Historical Perspectives Performance and Creative Writing Residency
3rd-12th grade
Participants experience and engage with historical monologue performances from inspiring young African American Women before and after the Brown Vs. Board of Education decision. They learn about the creative process, their role as historians, and how to create their own historical monologues.
The audience will see three original historical monologues or perspectives created using three different types of inspiration. My grandmother, Cora Thorpe, attended Roulhac High, a colored school in Chipley, Florida.
Ruby Bridges was the first black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School, and Elizabeth Eckford was one of the first black teenagers to attend Little Rock Central High School.
These monologues take us back into history, into the minds of these young women. Why was it so important to attend a good school? Was it worth it? Why is the Brown vs. Board of Education decision so important?
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