REVELS REPERTORY COMPANY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Contact:
Kay Dunlap, Director
508-655-1556
revelsrep@revels.org
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An American Journey
A Celebration of the Sea
There's A Meeting Here Tonight!
Intro Teacher Workshop
Lesson Plans
Classroom Visits
Singing Game Sessions
Community Performance
$800; $1,250 for two same-day performances at the same location
Revels Repertory Company (formerly Circle of Song) is available on Friday mornings to present three different assembly programs appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students. Each 40-minute music theater presentation includes 8 or 9 children from your school who are selected and prepared in advance by the school's music teacher using materials provided by Revels. The children rehearse with the ensemble for an hour on the day of performance. In addition to these students' participation, there are several opportunities for the entire audience to sing along during the program.
Grades 3-6
On the docks of 19th century New Bedford, hawkers sell their wares, and sailors pack their trunks and say goodbye to friends and family. Their songs and stories tell of their adventures including a whale hunt and a storm at sea. When they return, the entire community takes part in the celebration.
Free lesson plans designed to coordinate with A Celebration of the Sea are coming soon. The lessons fulfill goals and objectives from the Grade 3 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in History/Social Science, English Language Arts, and Mathematics. An annotated bibliography is also included.
...Like no other theater experience - their rich singing, dancing and storytelling make everyone smile.
Membership Directory, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
Watch
a sample video of this program
Grades 3-6
In the early 20th century, successive waves of immigrants came to the United States through Ellis Island and eventually to Boston. The program recreates a voyage where Irish, Italians, and Eastern European Jews share their stories, songs, and dances. A soup pot is brought out and ingredients for a meal are produced—may the pot never rust!
Free lesson plans designed to coordinate with An American Journey may be downloaded. The lessons fulfill goals and objectives from the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in History/Social Science and Mathematics. An annotated bibliography is also included.
Terrific program – one of the best I’ve seen. It really brought to life the experience of immigration.Watch a sample video of this program.
4th Grade Teacher, Field School, Weston
Now I know how the immigrants really felt.
4th Grader, Lincoln-Eliot School, Newton
Audio:"Rosabella"
Grades 6-10
The best-known traveling singing troupe of the 19th century, the Hutchinson Family Singers of New Hampshire sang for concert audiences throughout New England and appeared at rallies for social causes such as abolition and women’s suffrage. There’s a Meeting Here Tonight! recreates a reunion after the Civil War where the family gathers to reminisce about their experiences. They invite the great showman P.T. Barnum who serves as master of ceremonies, and Frederick Douglass who presents one of his famous speeches about emancipation.
Free lesson plans designed to coordinate with There’s A Meeting Here Tonight! are coming soon and will fulfill goals and objectives from the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework/U.S. History I.
Watch a sample video of this program.
Revels offers a forty-five minute workshop for classroom teachers and music specialists
whose students will be participating in a Revels Rep program. The session includes an
introduction to Revels' mission, its education programs and historical background about the program's
specific theme. Curricular materials, including sheet music and lesson plans, are provided.
Lesson Plans
Free at www.revels.org
Free lesson plans designed to coordinate with each program are available for download:
An American Journey and
A Celebration of the Sea Coming Soon: There's a Meeting Here Tonight
$50 per class
A member of the cast, still in costume and character, makes a 20-minute visit to a classroom following the performance to answer questions and engage children in a related mini-lesson.
$50 per class
Cast members, still in costume and character, lead a class (K-2) in a 20-minute session of songs and singing games related to the them of the show presented to older students.
$1,800
The full cast of Revels Rep (40 adults and children) presents a public performance of the full-length version of An American Journey, A Celebration of the Sea, or There’s a Meeting Here Tonight! This should be scheduled within two weeks of the school performance so that the children’s experience will still be fresh. 60-minute and 90-minute versions (with intermission) are available and are appropriate for adults and children 5 years and older.
Their vibrant performance before a packed house brought great joy to young and old alike.
Charles Page, Music at First, Springfield, MA
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