Category: Arden for All
Improv as Professional Development for Teachers
On an unseasonably warm and rainy late Wednesday afternoon in early February a group of timid yet very excited and curious Philadelphia public school teachers arrived at the Arden’s Hamilton…
Read MoreArden for All – Adventures in Eddystone
By Shanna Tedeschi, Arden Professional Apprentice Greetings friends! Shanna here–an Arden Professional Apprentice and Teaching Artist. Did you know that every year over 2, >pharmacy 500 excited kids in Philadelphia,…
Read MoreArrietty in the Classroom
Bi Jean Ngo, the actress who plays Arietty in The Borrowers, >pharm is also a Teaching Artist for the Arden’s educational program – Arden For All. Here Bi recounts her…
Read MoreTeacher as Celebrity
By Courtney Spiker Martin, Arden’s Business Manager and Teaching Artist for Arden for All Walking the halls of Washington Elementary in Camden, NJ may just be the closest I ever…
Read MoreCause and Effect at McCall Elementary
By Hilary Rea, Arden Teaching Artist Cause and effect. If I teach these kids about sentence structure they will have fun. But will they really have fun? That is what…
Read MoreTeaching If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By Maureen Mullin Fowler, Education Director For many in the theatre industry, Monday is the day of rest. No one would think that 8AM on a Monday would be a…
Read MoreOf Teachers and Tragedies
By Brittany Howard, Arden Professional Apprentice I come from a family of teachers. Literally, sisters, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents—they are all teachers. So, growing up, I was determined that I…
Read MoreShadows for Peter Pan
By Donna Ellis and Brian Morrison from Hands UP Productions In order to bring the magical story Peter Pan alive for a Deaf audience, Hands UP Productions and the Arden…
Read MoreThe Art of Teaching
By Matt Ocks, mind Manager of Institutional Giving My boss Terry just asked me to pull a quote from Alan “History Boys” Bennett, and it got me to thinking. But…
Read MoreAll about Audio Description
By Jennifer Peck, the Arden’s General Manager As part of our commitment to providing programming for everyone, The Arden offered two accessible performances of The History Boys. C2 Captioning provided…
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