Storybook Theater Workshop is an interactive storytelling experience. The Read Through introduces the story to the cast. Then, they choose a character and dress in play fabrics and costume pieces to retell the story. Story Theater Workshop encourage kids to create a character from costume pieces and props, then play improv games to conjure an original story.
Lanie Carlson is a local actor and director on the Arts in Education Roster with the Arkansas Arts Council and a Teaching Artist with Arkansas Learning Through the Arts (ALTTA). Carlson is curious about the stories we tell ourselves and others. She is exploring story as connection to ourselves, our community and culture, while creating a community for celebrating and sharing our stories. A community to conjure and connect with the power of story.
Starstuff Studio is located downstairs at Whittington Place, 301 Whittington Avenue. The Studio will be open Friday evenings from 6-8pm for Gallery Walk, adult programs, events, and open studio. On Saturday mornings it will open from 10am-1pm for kids and teen workshops, events, and open studio beginning Saturday, February 1.
Storybook Theater Workshop is at 10am Saturday mornings. It is a thirty-minute workshop for kids 6-8 years old and is $5 per session.
Story Theater Workshop is from 11am-12pm, for kids 9-12 years old, and 12pm-1pm for teens. The cost of this workshop is $10 per session.
For more information, and to RSVP for workshops, visit Starstuff Studio Facebook page www.facebook.com/starstuffstudio. Carlson can also be contacted by email at 1starstuffstudio@gmail.com.
