The enchanted suitcase
A performing arts class for the playful mind. Come open the Enchanted Suitcase and uncover the plot of our next play. Classes may include: mask work, clowning, folklore, animal work, animation, make-believe and more!
Currently at Village Community School
modern dance & Physical theatre
This class is the heart of UWA. It uses music, storytelling, modern dance techniques, and play, to create an original physical theatre piece.
Currently offered at SLDT in Queens, NY.
Animated Storytelling
Enter the world of your very own animated storybook! This class incorporates movement, physical theatre, acting, drawing, photography, and storytelling into an original, animated storybook! Each class imagines a tale of our own, then we learn how to draw it and perform the voices so that it comes to life in an original animation.
Current Project (in-progress): Cats in Space
Animated Storytelling (
ANIMAL WORKSHOP)
These 8-week workshops pair a scientist, an artist, and an acting teacher with a group of students to create an original animated work. Students will learn about the life of a particular animal with our guest science teacher. Then, they will learn to draw it with the help of a professional artist and illustrator. Finally, the acting teacher will help them to create and voice a story that will come to life in an exciting, animated tale. Select animations will be submitted to kids film festivals all over the world!
Past guests include: Christopher Rota (assistant professor of quantitative ecology at West Virginia University.) and Stavros Pavlides (visual artist and illustrator, SVA).
Current Project (in-progress): Horse Power
Beginning Stages
An acting class for young storytellers. Beginning Stages uses fun acting games and ensemble work to make an original play. Each class culminates in a live performance, and an illustrated storybook is given to each student to take home.
Currently at Village Community School, NYC and Columbia Grammar School, NYC.
Encore! (
Drama 1 & 2)
UWAs Encore Drama classes utilize various acting techniques including improvs, acting exercises, and collaborative storytelling to create an original play that is performed for the public. A Playbill is made for each performance and given to the students to take home.
Currently offered at Village Community School, NYC and SLDTA in Queens, NY
Storytelling in Film
An acting and filmmaking class. Storytelling in Film uses acting techniques and ensemble storytelling to make a short film.