Theatre Arts Department - HS & Community College Theatre Directors
As you work with theatre students, we invite you to take advantage of opportunities through Augsburg’s Theatre Department. These include free workshops at your school, free admission to our productions and theatre artist series, and participation in our “Theatre Connections” Day.
FREE, ON-SITE THEATRE WORKSHOPS
Our professionally experienced faculty will travel to your school to lead one of the following workshops, free of charge. All we ask is that we be allowed a few minutes to speak about Augsburg’s theatre program at the end of the workshop.
Choose from:
Fundamentals of Movement (45-90 min): This workshop is an introduction to modern dance and general body conditioning. Students participate in movement exercises as well as structured improvisations that explore basic principals of space, weight and movement dynamics. The class will also include a physical warm-up with exposure to simple stretching, breathing, and toning exercises.
Crafting Performance from Personal Narrative (60 min – 2 hours): This hands on workshop combines free writing, guided visualization, group discussion, and an active laboratory approach to crafting and performing a story. Students draw from memories, observations and “lived experience” to generate and develop performance material with physicality, vocal characterization and aural composition.
Crafting Performance with Structural Apparatus or Props (60 min – 2 hours): This workshop liberates the student from notions of dance and choreography by approaching movement with a physical tangible object. The Apparatus Workshop begins with safe and accessible floor-based structures (chairs, rehearsal blocks, exercise balls) to investigate weight sharing, motional navigation and visual composition with a physical landscape. The Prop Workshop explores how an ordinary object (a piece of paper, umbrella, bicycle inner tube) can be transformed by exploiting its kinetic, textural, visual, and aural properties. Both workshops introduce fundamental concepts of abstract movement composition.
To arrange a workshop for your school, please call Darcey Engen at 612-330-1549.
ARTIST SERIES EVENTS
Bring your students to our theatre artist series events, featured artist presentations, workshop series, or performance recitals. A full schedule can be found here. To receive a parking permit and to alert us of your coming, please contact Darcey Engen at 612-330-1549.
FREE ADMISSION TO PRODUCTIONS
Bring your class or theatre club to see one of Augsburg’s six productions, on the house. You may also request a behind-the-scenes tour of the department as well as a short visit with a faculty member or admissions counselor.
To reserve tickets and arrange your visit, contact Darcey Engen at 612-330-1549. or <engen@augsburg.edu>. (Tickets may be limited due to advance ticket requests, so please reserve your spots early.)
THEATRE CONNECTIONS DAY
You and your students are invited to participate in our “Theatre Connections” Day on campus. This event includes morning workshops, a complimentary lunch, and a matinee of "Top Girls" by Caryl Churchill.
For more information on this event, contact Darcey Engen ’88, associate professor and stage director, at 612-330-1549 or <engen@augsburg.edu>.