Show Times

Friday, May 2 9:30am SOLD OUT

Thursday, May 1, 2008
9:30am and 11:30am (New Shows Added)

Carston Cabaret
60 minutes with Q&A
www.americanplacetheatre.org

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The House on Mango Street: Write & Recite Workshop
Includes three visits to your classroom!
SOLD OUT

This stage adaptation features verbatim portions of the critically acclaimed novel about a young Chicana who faces the harsh reality of her neighborhood, while also displaying a strong sense of community and holding on to the dream of what she will someday become. This powerful performance explores important themes such as racism and racial stereotypes, sexism, estrangement, loss, and the concept of home. This unique performance is ideal for all students concerned with social or cultural topics.

California Content Standards
9-10.EN.3.4: Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.

9-12.AR.TH.4.2: Report on how a specific actor used drama to convey meaning in his or her performances.

11-12.EN.3.2: Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim.

Lesson Plan Idea
Students draw a map of their own neighborhood identifying all of its “characters” and landmarks.

Young people’s voices come to life through written and spoken word with Youth Speaks of San Francisco. Youth Speaks’ leading poets and spoken-word artists will draw out students’ voices, increasing literacy skills through writing and performance. Inspired by the poetic narrative in The House on Mango Street and the experience of Youth Speaks, students invest in their own truth and share their stories out loud, looking deeply into issues connected to their lives.

California Content Standards
9-10.EN.LI.2.1: Deliver narrative presentations.

11-12.EN.LI.1.7: Use appropriate rehearsal strategies to pay
attention to performance details, achieve command of the text, and create skillful artistic staging.