Young Players Theater

World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute, and is celebrated annually on March 27 by ITI Centers and the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are organized to celebrate the International Message and remarks from national cultural leaders.
The first World Theatre Day International Message was written by Jean Cocteau in 1962. This year ITI asked Dame Judi Dench to pen the International World Theatre Day Message.
You can find Dame Judi Dench's message here:
http://www.iti-worldwide.org/theatredaymessage.html

We want to bring this celebration to our community and so this year will mark the second annual Brooklyn World Theater Day. It will be a day for families to partake in theater workshops, experience live performance, and create art together. We hope to see you there.

Schedule of Events for World Theater Day in Brooklyn
(come dressed-up as your favorite character)

10:15-11
CoCreative Music Jon Samson
A musical performance of original music for parents and children of all ages.
www.cocreativemusic.com

Face Painting with Jeri Silverman of CoCreative Faces

11-12
Masks and Puppet-making with Visual Teaching Artist Celia Caro
Celia is the Director of the ABC's of Art

11:30-12:00
Theater Games and Improv with Ellen Fabbricatore
Ellen is a theater educator who has been working with children and adults
for many years. She currently teaches Theater at Lincoln High School and
works as an educational theater consultant for Young Player Theater and
the Rockaway Artist Alliance.

12-1
Rockin'Out with Steph Wells (Steph will be leading a Beatles, family
sing-along)
A musical theater explosion with Steph Wells. Steph teaches the very
popular Musical Theater class at PS 107. She works with schools throughout
the city sharing the joy of music with children of all ages.

1-1:45
Family Theater Workshop
Led by Young Players Theater Director Kristen Lynch

2-3PM
ID Studio
Readings of:
"Tell them not to Kill me", and "Paso del Norte", based on short stories by
Juan Rulfo's, The Burning Plain.*
Q&A to follow reading.
ID Studio Theater Performance and Research Center Inc., a non-profit arts
organization, has an active company of professional and community-based
performers and extensive network of theater professions. ID Studio
promotes
the performing arts as a vehicle for building community knowledge and
catalyzing collective action, inter-community dialogue, and social
transformation.
*this performance is appropriate for young adults and adults

Forum Theater/Theme:Bullying (1st grade and older)
Forum Theater was created by Brazilian director and political activist
Augusto Boal. Boal founded the Theater of the Oppressed.
Actors begin with a dramatic situation from everyday life and try to find
solutions. Audience members are urged to intervene by stopping the action,
coming on stage to replace actors, and enacting their own ideas. Bridging
the separation between actor (the one who acts) and spectator (the one who
observes but is not permitted to intervene in the theatrical situation),
the Theater of the Oppressed is practiced by "spect-actors" who have the
opportunity to both act and observe, and who engage in self-empowering
processes of dialogue that help foster critical thinking.

3-4PM
Musical Theater Sing-Along with Scott Davis
Get ready to,"Sing out Louise!" Scott is a musical-guru who works with
children all over NYC creating musical theater. We will be singing the
classic show tunes!

4-5
African Dance and Music with Simba.
Simba will perform an African tale using movement, music, and the spoken
word. Live percussion.

Suggested Donation: $10 adults/$7 children

Warm regards,

Kristen Lynch
Director
Young Players Theater