Educators

Partnering with WORDTheatre Campus

Our mission is to bring great literature to schools to help students experience the joy of reading and the power and relevance of great writing. WORDTheatre Campus is a program designed to enhance teachers’ work in the classroom, so we look to you to help us best serve your needs. Our goal is to work with interested schools in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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If you would like to receive more information about the kinds of programming we can offer you, whether you are a government-funded (‘ie ‘private in the U.K. and public, Title One’ in the U.S.) school, or a fee-based, (‘private, Independent in the U.S.,’) or a University or College Administrator, please email our Schools Coordinator at: admin@wordtheatre.org.

Digital Offerings

LIBRARY OF SHORT STORIES

WORDTheatre stories illuminate themes most relevant to students, including:

Social Justice | Exploring Identity | Family in Focus | On the Emotional Edge – Mental Health | Love Stories | Holiday Stories | War Stories | Speculative Fiction, Fantasy & Sci-Fi

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

Available filmed versions of our live-on-stage, literature based, music-infused events include:

“Jazz Re-Evolution” | “Honor: In Their Words” (Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War) | “In the Cosmos…” | “And All That Jazz,” | “Mysteries of the Mind,” | “Dreams,” quotes from Lord Byron to the Beatles | “Burning Hearts: An Epistolary Tale” | “The Road Ahead: A Cheer for Education” | “A Tribute to Langston Hughes” | “Witness: The John Edgar Wideman Experience” | “Notes on Living: The Stories of Brian Doyle” | “The Odyssey,” from Emily Wilson’s recent translation

STREAMED EVENTS

WORDTheatre produces internationally streamed short story readings followed by a Q & A with the featured writer (s). When appropriate, these can be made available to students and teachers on WORDTheatre’s website. Each school will have its own login administered by a school representative.

We also invite universities and colleges to contact us. We can provide programming that supports creative writing and literature classes. We have recordings of interviews with many of our featured authors to accompany performances of their stories.

John Edgar Wideman

Author
“I want to let you know how fortunate I feel to be part of the incredible enterprise you call WORDTheatre — to my knowledge, your effort to extend the audience of fiction by dramatizing the written word is unique — may you continue to work your magic with texts and performers -may you attract more and more support for your projects so more people can partake of the gift WORDTheatre offers.”

Wendy Sarnoff

Teacher, Venice High School
“It has been inspiring to see WORDTheatre’s authors, actors, and in-classroom performances impact the lives of students at Venice High School. The topics are always timely, touching, and heart-wrenching, such that students, in their reflections, are left changed as they leave the room.”

Rebecca Trenow

Teacher at The Oaklands School, Bethnal Green, London, U.K.
“Your continued support of Oaklands School means an enormous amount to us and the students are highly engaged by the performances and discussions, during and after your session. We feel very lucky to have this ongoing relationship with WORDTheatre.”