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Fall Fests & Holiday Fairs
Upcoming events are:
- Oct 16 - Fordyce Farms, Fall Fest; Marian's booth will feature her Small Art and three of her books in paperback format: 72 Silly & Short Monos for Kids (or Whoever); Short Scripts for 2-3 Kids; Short Scripts for 4-6 Kids. She would be honored to sign her books for you. (Short Scripts series are currently e-books and will be paperbacks by the dates of these events.)
- Oct 23 - Fordyce Farms, Fall Fest; all of the above AND costumes for all ages for Halloween or cos-play (costumes & creations are by Desiree)
- Nov 5 & 6 - 4-H Polk County Holiday Fair; Polk County Fairgrounds; all of the above.
Performances
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Teaching
Marian is teaching a variety of classes for a variety of ages through Dallas Community School in Dallas Oregon. Contact the school for full details.
Marian has a series of How-to Mime videos and Baking Club 4 Kids and Their Adults on YouTube.
Two-week Theater Residency in the Schools
(when we're back open again)
PLAY PRODUCTIONS STARRING YOUR STUDENTS!
It's a two-week residency in which each week 25 students will rehearse then perform a 30-minute play at the end of their week.
For the first week, children audition on Monday and 25 students are selected. The rest of the week, including Monday, they rehearse Play 1 which they perform twice on Saturday.
For the second week, a new group of children audition on that Monday and they'll rehearse and perform Play 2.
The benefits of theater performance are:
It's a two-week residency in which each week 25 students will rehearse then perform a 30-minute play at the end of their week.
For the first week, children audition on Monday and 25 students are selected. The rest of the week, including Monday, they rehearse Play 1 which they perform twice on Saturday.
For the second week, a new group of children audition on that Monday and they'll rehearse and perform Play 2.
The benefits of theater performance are:
- it builds confidence;
- it increases imagination and empathy;
- it teaches perseverance;
- theater is intense team-work;
- students gain a sense of accomplishment;
- reading is emphasized as the students memorize lines;
- depending on the script, students learn about classic literature and history.