Awareness Theatre: Classroom Scenes

Awareness Theatre’s most common type of presentation is improvised scenes acted out before a classroom. Each scene takes a look at a specific situation and the people involved in that situation. The audience gets to see how a situation develops and plays out. They also get to feel the emotions involved as the actors take the characters through the scene.

Following the scene, the actors stay “in character” to open a dialog with the audience and answer any questions they may have. In this way the audience gets to delve beyond the action of the scene, and get to the reasons behind the behaviors.

The goal of these presentations is to help prevent members of the audience from experiencing similar problems, or possibly help those experiencing related problems begin to deal with it.

Fee: $50/class period (negotiable)

Classroom Scene Highlights

Allows for audience to “see” what happens in a
situation.
Allows the audience to “feel” the emotions
involved in the situation
Allows for direct questioning of the “characters”
involved, thereby allowing the audience to get
the answers they may find important
Audience involvement promotes better
attention to the program and better retention of
learned information
Presentation by peers promotes better
understanding of topic as well as better
attention to presentation
Very flexible format
Applicable to all age ranges
Can be used in almost any classroom setting
Special arrangements for multiple class
Presentations