HS Actors Collaborate with SENSE
by Catherine Coke
The USN/SENSE Theatre Company Community Partnership continues next month with their production of The Year of the Ladybug.
The USN/SENSE Theatre Company Community Partnership continues next month with their production of The Year of the Ladybug.
In a two-week summer camp, the participants in this partnership--our HS actors who serve as trained peer-mentors and children with autism who are part of the intervention-based research program of the SENSE Lab at the Kennedy Center -- work together to put on a show.
We rehearse a new play and take it all the way through performance. The children--who can be hesistant, even resistant at first--learn to work together, to collaborate, to develop characters, and ultimately to have fun presenting a show in public.
We rehearse a new play and take it all the way through performance. The children--who can be hesistant, even resistant at first--learn to work together, to collaborate, to develop characters, and ultimately to have fun presenting a show in public.
At the beginning of the two-week camp, the children and the peers meet for the first time, play theatre games, role-play, and start to trust each other. Then, through the course of two weeks, everyone learns group songs, their roles and their staging. Set pieces, costumes, and lighting are added, and voila: a fun evening of theatre!
The children take a real role center stage, with confidence and joy. And the experience is one which theatre does best -- it connects people to people.
Performances will be in the USN Auditorium Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18 at 7PM. Both performances are free to the public.
More USN News
List of 3 news stories.
-
3rd graders hatch chicks in classroom
Students were able to see new chicks hatch in class as they completed their lesson on the life cycle.Read More -
May 3 is USN Night at Parnassus
Local bookstore Parnassus will share a percentage of its profits with USN between 3 and 6 p.m. to support faculty and staff professional development.Read More -
HS Spring Instrumental Concert April 30
Chamber Ensemble, Concert Band, and M.I.C. Ensemble will perform 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 in Durnan Auditorium.Read More
Contact
Edgehill Campus
2000 Edgehill Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
2000 Edgehill Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
USN Mission:
University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.
University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.