NYC Education Blueprint

Teaching and Learning in the Arts: Theatre K-12

See how TDF education programs align with the NYC Department of Education Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts: Theatre K-12. 

These benchmarks align with the following TDF Education programs:

I. Theatre Making: Acting – Young Playwrights Summer Program | Introduction to Theatre and Dance

• Students increase their ability as imaginative and analytical actors while  continuing to participate as collaborative ensemble members. 
• Students demonstrate the ability to reflect on and think critically about their work. 
• Through sequential and sustained activities in various theatre forms, students improve upon and gain new performance skills. 
• Students model proficiency in an area of acting by leading workshops, demonstrations and performances.

Theatre Making: Playwriting/Play Making – Young Playwrights Summer Program | Introduction to Theatre and Dance

• Students develop their ability as playwrights in a variety of theatrical styles and forms 
• Students explore personal voice and individual expression by applying diverse conventions of dramatic writing to their original work. 
• Student playwrights extend and revise their written work guided by peer and self-assessments. 
• Students refine their ability as playwrights to express point of view and personal vision.

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II. Developing Theatre Literacy – Wendy Wasserstein Project | Young Playwrights Summer Program | Introduction to Theatre and Dance

• Students integrate an understanding of dramatic text and theatre history in their responses to live performance. 
• Students engage in research and analysis as dramaturges to distinguish similarities and differences in diverse theatre forms. 
• Students develop skills as critics by analyzing the critical writings of others.

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III. Making Connections Through Theatre – Wendy Wasserstein Project | Young Playwrights Summer Program | Introduction to Theatre and Dance

• Students apply skills and understanding from other disciplines and art forms when analyzing and making theatre. 
• Students demonstrate a capacity for deep personal connection to theatre and a realization of the meaning and messages in theatre.

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IV. Community & Cultural Resources – Wendy Wasserstein Project | Young Playwrights Summer Program | Introduction to Theatre and Dance

• Students invigorate and broaden their understandings of theatre through collaborative partnerships with theatre professionals.
• Students gain an appreciation of the range of performance opportunities available to them through ongoing experiences with theatre in New York City. 
• Students increase their ability to use a variety of resources in researching and writing about the theatre.
• Students share their theatre learning through performances for others, including school, family and community audiences.

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V. Careers and Lifelong Learning – Wendy Wasserstein Project | Young Playwrights Summer Program | Introduction to Theatre and Dance

• Students become self-guided pre-professionals by identifying theatre internships, college and conservatory programs. 
• As theatregoers, students research options for attending theatre independently and in small groups.