Education Programs

TEACHERS ARE TALKING

about TRTC’s

Professional Development Workshops:

It was one of the best workshops I’ve ever attended in my six year career that’s been filled with them! Aaron’s sense of humor and wit helped make the overall experience enjoyable. 

- Kristine Corblies, Teacher, Brick Township High School

I would recommend this workshop (or any others, unseen) to colleagues, because hearing from an English/Drama person with so much professional experience always informs our choices and approaches in the classroom.

- William Smith, Supervisor of English, Red Bank Regional High School

Join us for the final workshop of the season!

Adaptation

From the Page to the Stage

This practical workshop will explore engaging, straightforward tools

and techniques for teaching your students about

adapting literature into plays.

TRTC Artistic Director Aaron Posner’s produced adaptations of literature include WHO AM I THIS TIME? by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., THE BROTHERS K. by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and THE CHOSEN by Chaim Potok, which won the 1999 Barrymore Award for Best New Play. His musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s A MURDER, A MYSTERY & A MARRIAGE was nominated for 10 Barrymore Awards and the Charles MacArthur Award for Best New Play at the Helen Hayes Awards. His upcoming adaptations include SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey (Portland Center Stage, spring 2008), and another Chaim Potok novel, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV (Arden Theatre, winter 2009).

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 from 4-7pm

$50 for the workshop only

Stay to see TRTC’s production of the bluegrass musical comedy

A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage by Mark Twain, Adapted and Directed by Aaron Posner

$69 includes the workshop plus one ½ price ticket to see the show at 8pm.

Limited space is available for this unique workshop!

Download Registration Form HERE.

Metrovation Scholarship

This yearlong program offers a unique opportunity for 12 selected students to play a significant role in the life of Two River Theater Company, attend free quality productions, take workshops in various aspects of theater taught by professionals in their field, and to meet and work with other creative students from across Monmouth and Ocean Counties. 

The 2007/2008 Metro Scholars are:

Bryan Cocchiara (Holmdel High School)

Danny Egan (Ranney School)

Casie Fitzgerald (Middletown High School South)

Gretchen Gallimore (Communications High School)

Kara Krichman (Point Pleasant Beach High School)

Phoebe Ryan (Red Bank Regional High School)

Jessica Shohfi (Point Pleasant Beach High School)

Kady Stockman (Freehold Township High School)

Kimberly Rose Syvarth (Ocean County Performing Arts Academy)

Lorenzo Villanueva (Ocean County Performing Arts Academy)

Metrovation Scholarship Alumni

The Heroes Project

The Heroes Project is Two River Theater Company’s artist-in-residence program. Over 8-10 weeks, selected students create an original performance piece based on and inspired by their heroes. Guided by TRTC’s teaching artists, The Heroes Project will culminate with two performances either at the school or in the black blox theater at Two River Theater. Each performance piece is unique, as it is shaped by its participants.

Pilot programs of The Heroes Project were launched in January-February of 2006 at Long Branch High School and September-December at Henry Hudson Regional High School. The students learned about heroes through history by conducting interviews and research. They learned how to write and edit monologues and scenes, create dance and movement pieces, perform songs and generally learn to express themselves in an incredibly supportive and challenging environment. 

Because Two River Theater Company is committed to offering this kind of program to financially disadvant-aged schools, The Heroes Project is completely grant-funded and costs the participating school nothing at all.

For more information on how to bring The Heroes Project to your school, please contact Kate Cordaro, TRTC's Director of Education at 732.345.1400 ext 814 or katecordaro@trtc.org.

Education Outreach

Teaching artists visit area schools at no cost. These visits can include theater games, movement exercises, and workshops tailored to the teachers’ needs. Teaching artists have been sent to several schools for 1-3 visits per school.

For more information on any of TRTC’s Education Programs, please contact Kate Cordaro, TRTC’s Director of Education at 732-345-1400 x814 or katecordaro@trtc.org