Early Childhood Program
Educational Content:
• Vocabulary and Sequencing skills
• Imaginative play
• Ensemble building
Preschool students practice vocabulary and sequencing skills in this story-based theatre class, which includes activities rooted in imaginative play, movement, character creation, language development, story sequencing and ensemble skills!
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Weekly, bi-weekly, or multiple times per week
Typically, 5-10 weekly sessions
Culminates in a project to be determined by Host and Wolf PAC staff
Designed for groups of Preschool and Pre-K students aged 3-5
We recommend 30 minute sessions for Preschool, and 45 minute sessions for Pre-K and Kindergarten students.
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One of our existing residencies includes a 10 week, 45 minute daytime class. The students gain an introduction to our Actor’s Tools curriculum, practice story sequencing through role-play and movement, and create new characters and story endings through acting games and activities.
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Ms. Maggie and Ms. Jordan - thanks for teaching us the three stages of acting: voice, body, and imagination. And thank you for directing us in our little play Two Bear Cubs.
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–A 3rd Grade Student
Elementary School Programs
Educational Content:
• Imagination
• Theatre Vocabulary
• Acting Basics
Wolf PAC Teaching Artists lead your elementary school through a 45-minute Actor’s Tools Assembly, which introduces acting basics. The assembly includes demonstration, student volunteers, and full group activity. Your school may opt to include additional time in breakout groups with the Teaching Artists in individual classrooms or smaller groups.
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Options for individual workshops within each classroom or grade level
Workshops may work toward a final presentation option for the school
The Actor’s Tools Assembly focuses on Theatre Education, introducing students to the best practices used to create characters, tell stories, and perform on stage
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In May 2024, two Wolf PAC Teaching Artists led a 45-minute assembly for 500 students, which included Teaching Artist demonstration as well as full and small group participation. Our Teaching Artists visited each classroom throughout the week to provide differentiated instruction and a deeper dive into the material. The program culminated in a full-school showcase assembly, in which the students shared what they learned in their individual sessions.
In December 2025, we modified this program to support a 3rd grade language arts curriculum. The program included a grade level assembly, breakout workshops, and script study and while being directed in scenes they were studying in class.
Educational Content:
• Ensemble Building
• Character Development
• Performance
Wolf PAC brings a full performance experience to your Kindergarten classroom! Our staff will facilitate rehearsals of an original Wolf PAC script written specifically for this age group. As the students learn stagecraft and develop characters for their performance, they will practice reading skills, working together, and critical thinking.
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Kindergarten Performance Package includes:
Daytime Rehearsal Process
Original Wolf PAC Scripts designed specifically for this age group
Collaboration with school personnel to create costuming and set pieces
We recommend 12-14 sessions, plus a short tech rehearsal schedule
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We maintain a residency with a local school in which we facilitate their annual Kindergarten performance program. The students rehearse an original Wolf PAC script with our Teaching Artists, along with learning basic acting and performing skills. The process lasts for 14 weeks and culminates in a full production for families at the host school.
Middle School Programs
Educational Content:
• Structure of a play
• Creative thinking
• Devising
Our Teaching Artists will lead your students through the process of devising and then performing an original play! Budding playwrights create a play or series of skits to suit their interests or support your curriculum to be performed for your school community.
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8-10, 1 hour sessions
1-2 Teaching Artists work with one classroom at a time, up to 25 students
Ensemble skills, Improvisation, and creative writing
Optional Performance for school community or families
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In Spring 2024, we ran two performance programs that began with an original Wolf PAC script. Using improvisation and student input, various plot points, characters, and settings were changed by the group in order to meet their interests. We can start a project this way, or start from scratch as our Teaching Artists facilitate brainstorming and devising sessions with your students.
Educational Content:
• Public Speaking
• Confidence
• Speech writing
Let Wolf PAC support your language arts curriculum with a public speaking component. Our Teaching Artists will help create a speech from a personal narrative or story project the students have already written, and coach them toward a dynamic presentation.
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6-8, 1 hour long sessions
Acting activities to help develop confidence in front of an audience
Focus on projection, diction, story arch, and style
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We have annual programming at a local school which supports the Language Arts department. The students prepare a personal narrative, which our Teaching Artists help to modify into a speech. Through improvisation and acting activities, the students gain presentational skills and coaching in their speeches.
Contact us:
Contact: Amy Brower
Artist in Residence Director
amy@wolfperformingartscenter.org