Rehearsing Social Skills Through Acting and Improv Class

THEATER OF POSSIBILITY - REHEARSING SOCIAL SKILLS THROUGH ACTING AND IMPROV

THURSDAYS 4:15-5:45 PM, Feb 3 - April 14

ten sessions (skipping 2/24).

Theater of Possibility ("TOP") is an acting class for young people, grades4-8, who have a lot to express and who want to be more effective in theirrelationships with peers and adults. It is geared toward a diverse,integrated population, including typically developing kids and those withAsperger's, ADHD and other social skills challenges. We promote anatmosphere of tolerance and respect for each person's unique, creativegifts.

Through fun and zany theater games, improv exercises androle-playing, we explore the dynamics of friendship, family and school. Wepractice flexibility, non-verbal communication, recognizing social nuances,and perspective taking, all the while having fun and expressing ourauthentic selves loudly and creatively. Participants work together tofashion original dramatic scenes on issues that are relevant to them, suchas responses to bullying, exclusion, peer pressure and injustice.TOP is facilitated by Lauren Goldman Marshall, MFA, theater teaching artistand playwright, with adult aides. A small group size (6-10 kids) ensures ahigh adult/student ratio.

Class is taught at University Heights Center inSeattle. Thursdays 2/3-4/14 (Skipping 2/24) 4:15-5:45 PM (last class goestill 7:45 PM for sharing with family and friends); $350/quarter, paymentplans and partial scholarships available. Contact Lauren at (206) 321-4923or email Lauren@laurenmarsha ll.com for more information and enrollment.

"Theater of Possibility provides a powerful tool for understanding andpracticing the complex social interactions teens confront every day. Usingtheater games and forum theater techniques, my daughter was able to actuallysee and experience choices for turning a potentially hurtful socialinteraction into a beneficial one. Theater of Possibility is, as they say, arehearsal for living."