Page to Stage Residencies
Page to Stage is an educational outreach program of North Carolina Stage Company, Asheville's professional theatre. This program brings Shakespeare's plays to life in middle and high school classrooms through high-energy workshops with trained teaching artists.
Bring Shakespeare to life for your students! Stage’s professional teaching artists lead a variety of hands-on activities that explore the language, plot, and characters of the chosen play.
Help all of your students achieve! Students who participate in the arts do better academically. Our hands-on activities are particularly good for kinesthetic learners and students who don’t respond to traditional classroom techniques.
Meet your classroom goals! Each residency is tailored to fit your classroom objectives and lesson plans. Every residency explores several NC Learning Standard Objectives in Language Arts and Theatre.
Here's how it works:
- First, call our staff to discuss your goals for the residency, and schedule a one-on-one meeting with one of our professional teaching artists
- Next, the teaching artist will visit your classroom to lead a series of workshops. Depending on your needs, these workshops may focus strictly on academic content or may include team-building, cooperation, and focus activities.
- Residencies may also be structured to culminate in a presentation of scenes acted, directed, and designed by your students!
Price
5-visit residency is just $375*
Includes a planning session with the teaching artist before the residency, five 1-hour visits, and a post-residency evaluation.
*We recommend a 5-visit residency, though teachers have effectively used residencies of 3 to 15 visits. Contact us if you would like to customize your residency.
To book a residency or for more information, contact Angie Flynn-McIver at 828-239-0263.
FAQ
What is a residency?
A residency is a series of workshops that explore an aspect of the academic curriculum through hands-on theatre exercises. Trained teaching artists lead all of our residencies. We base most of our philosophy on Viola Spolin’s work, which is all about experiential learning.
Is there financial assistance for my school?
Yes, you can apply for a mini-grant through the Asheville Area Arts Council. North Carolina Stage Company is a member of the Asheville Area Arts Council Artist Directory.
I’m worried about losing classroom time to this activity. Will it help my students when it’s time for them to take their big state-mandated tests?
Many studies show that students who are given additional ways of learning information actually do better on standardized tests than students who are only taught traditionally. We do our best in planning the residency to be sure we are covering exactly what the teacher needs us to cover, given the demands on classroom time.