Literacy Through Theater
Artistic Residency Program

Our Literacy Through Theater residency program is a week-long, intensive exploration of one play.  Teaching Artists specially trained by The Acting Company spend up to five days working in a school, teaching a hands-on curriculum related to a play in The Acting Company's repertoire. At the end of the week, students attend the play, and have an opportunity to meet and share ideas with the actors in the company.  

Former Company Member and Teaching Artist, Ezra Knight, works with students in New York City to create a tableau.

This residency program is a cross-curricular drama-based exploration of language, literature, visual art, music, design, and acting.  The Teaching Artists use a variety of teaching techniques, modeling new teaching techniques for the classroom teacher and leading the students through experiential learning at its best.  In their work with students and teachers, Teaching Artists stress the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of the theater. Students read, write, improvise, play with language, and explore the play in a variety of ways. Each residency is designed with the classroom teacher to meet the specific curriculum needs of the students.

Literacy Through Theater has been extremely successful in communities all over the United States, from New York to Alaska! If you would like to discuss the possibilities of sponsoring a residency please feel free to give our education department a call to discuss availability and cost of this unique opportunity. We look forward to working closely with you over the next year.

For more information, download a Literacy Through Theatre brochure in Adobe Acrobat format.

For further information about any of our programs or to inquire
about booking a Literacy Through Theater residency,
please contact Paul Michael Fontana or Justin Gallo
in The Acting Company’s Education Department
by phone at 212-258-3111 or by E-mail.