Education ProjecT Events

Friday Forum

Enhance civic responsibility through theatre!
Dates: 9/11, 11/20, 2/12, 4/23, 7/2

A scheduled opportunity to engage with the audience in an evening of dialogue and community-building around the issues of the play just viewed. Facilitated by the Education Director, this twenty-minute forum invites audience members to engage with topics that get at the challenging content of the show in a personal way, interacting with each other, and calling forth the long-term implications of the show in our lives.

Script Club

Exercise your theatrical imaginations!
Dates: 9/21, 11/30, 4/26, 7/12

Theatre-lovers gather together for an hour at Aurora’s Script Club to hone their play reading and theatre watching skills. Designed to put theatre history in perspective with the current production, participants are encouraged to read a play that explores themes similar to the current show to illuminate the historical context, theatrical ancestry, and timeless human connections. Aurora’s Education Director Michael Mansfield facilitates these interactive evenings. Free. 7:30pm.

Stimulus/Recovery Night

Make sense of the play and the season!
Dates: 9/25, 12/4, 2/26, 5/7, 7/16

These nights are twenty-minute audience-driven interactions after the show, focusing on one specific, engaging, current theme that was explored in this production and in this season focused on “Families and Fortunes.” Stimulate conversation to recover the lost.

Global Age Project

Respond to new scripts at the beginning stage!
Dates: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22

Anything that asks us to consider the modern global age is possible subject matter for these educational evenings where we engage with new plays and discuss the thematic impact of this new work. Free.

Talk-Back

Reflect on your experience of the play with the actors!
Dates: 9/15, 11/24, 2/16, 4/27, 7/6

Groups can enhance their experience at Aurora by attending a scheduled Talk-Back or requesting their own.. Facilitated by the group’s coordinator or by Aurora’s Education Director, twenty minute post-show Talk-Backs may include a dialogue with the cast, director, or designers. The opportunity for the group to discuss their reflections on the play they just experienced, as well as, the natural interest of the audience in the actors’ experiences of working on this particular script, often shapes the focus of the discussion. Groups of 20 or more should request well in advance their interest to include actors, director, or designers at their Talk-Back.

Symposium

Design a learning event for your group!

Create a panel presentation or other interactive learning experience for 2 hours on a Saturday afternoon before heading out to supper and then coming back for an evening performance. Often tying together the historical learning or background related to the show, this is an opportunity to go much further into the connections and study of the play at hand. Contact the Education Director to begin the discussion about how to create this full-scale educational event with groups of 50 or more.

Pre-Show Welcome Workshop

Prepare your group and heighten their involvement!

Groups may request a 20-minute educational workshop to prepare their participants for the production they will be seeing and warm them to the ideas and language of the play. This can be tailored to the needs of the group and is generally half an hour before the show starts. Contact the Education Director well in advance for workshops, and usually for groups of 20 or more.