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Click on the picture or scroll down for program descriptions and prices.
Prices are valid from 7/1/11-6/30/12.
To schedule a program, contact us at scheduling@yamass.org or 617-629-9262 x303.
Behind the Mask
Cat Mountain
A Japanese folk tale comes to life in this theater performance with original music, masks, and traditional Japanese songs. Listen and experience the story of Sho, a servant girl who journeys to Cat Mountain where she hopes to find her cat and her own freedom.
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 200
Single: $417 Double: $666 Triple: $868 Quad: $1,042
Travel Fee: based upon mileage
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun
A beautiful and mysterious woman with magical powers is exiled from a mountain village and she takes away its water source, a river, as punishment. Through their suffering for what they have lost, the villagers learn important lessons of tolerance, forgiveness, and the frailty of the ecosystem. Based on a poem inspired by a Zapotec folktale.
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 200
Single: $869 Double: $1,392 Triple: $1,826 Quad: $2,175
Travel Fee: based upon mileage
Two Behind the Mask Theatre artists lead students in design and construction of shadow puppets of their favorite characters from the plays performed.
Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 25 students
Price: $170 per workshop (includes two artists)
Bring your mask to life through movement! Discover the postures, movements, sounds, and personality of any mask. Course includes special mask-theatre exercises, guided play, and a chance to perform to the group. Masks will be provided.
Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 25 students
Price: $170 per workshop (includes two artists)
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David Zucker
Poetry in Motion
Poetry comes to life in David Zucker’s masterful performance of acting, mime, vocal gymnastics, humor, audience participation, and a trunk full of costumes, puppets, and props. David’s irresistible cast of characters, recreated from the poems by A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Langston Hughes, Shel Silverstein, Edgar Allen Poe, and James Whitcomb Riley, are not to be missed.
Odyssey of the Mime
Mime knows no barriers of language or culture. Performing in traditional whiteface, David Zucker’s internationally recognized improvisational performance draws students into his world, where they become eager participants rather than mere observers. With a cornucopia of imaginary props, walls arise from nowhere, ladders leap to impossible heights, fish can fly, birds can swim, and anything is likely to happen!
For Poetry in Motion and Odyssey of the Mime:
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $895 Double: $1,432 Triple: $1,880 Quad: $2,238
Travel Fee: $50 per day
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ImprovBoston
Anti-Bullying Workshop
ImprovBoston, one the region’s leading improvisational theaters, brings a unique, interactive anti-bullying workshop to students. Using the five pillars of improvisation – support, trust, risk, confidence, and fun – Boston’s best improvisers will demonstrate and discuss the issue of bullying with students, showing them how it affects both individual students and the school community, as well as what can be done to stop it. In an open and comfortable environment, students will watch and participate in improvised scenes centered around the ideas of bullying and peer relationships. This workshop will show participants that no script in life is pre-determined, and that they have the power to create positive outcomes within their community.
Workshop Length: 60 minutes, including talk-back session
Participants: 50 students
Double: $578 Triple: $867 Quad: $1,156
Travel Fee: based upon mileage
Minimum of two workshops per day.
Extended talk-back sessions available.
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Inter*Act Performances with Jan Turnquist
Games, Pranks, and Stories from the Childhood of Louisa May Alcott
While learning about life one hundred years ago, children can step into the Victorian childhood of Louisa May Alcott and identify with a naughty little child who tried to be good.
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 80
Single: $240 Double: $383 Triple: $504 Quad: $600
Travel Fee: based upon mileage
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Catalyst for Civil War
Travel back in time with Harriet Beecher Stowe, whom Abraham Lincoln called “the little lady who made this great war.” This famous abolitionist and author speaks about her life, her dedication to ending slavery, and the publication of her best-selling novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Students join in for important lessons in American history, including pre-Civil War America, the Civil War, the Underground Railroad, abolitionist activities, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, 19th century travel, and life in New England and Europe.
Louisa May Alcott: Dynamic Author
Meet Louisa May Alcott, author of the much-loved autobiographical novel, Little Women. Louisa introduces students to important 19th century issues, including suffrage, abolition, equal education, and the Underground Railroad. Students also learn about the many famous friends of the Alcotts, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, and come to appreciate the courage and determination of a fiercely independent woman and her unusual Victorian family. Programs can focus on a variety of topics, including the “literary flowering” of New England, the Underground Railroad, the Union Hospital, the Civil War, 19th century women’s rights and social reforms, and Louisa’s “thriller tales.” Programs are tailored to the grade level and may be adjusted to meet your needs.
Phebe Emerson: Eyewitness to a Revolution
Join Phebe Emerson on April 19, 1775 – the fateful day when the Redcoats marched into Concord from Lexington. Mrs. Emerson, the wife of Concord’s minister in 1775, witnessed the famous battle that took place on that day. Phebe brings a fresh perspective to this historical event, discusses how the townspeople felt about the American Revolution, and reviews the events leading up to it. The grandmother of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Phebe gives students a sense of daily life in Colonial America and provides an informational foundation for understanding the “flowering of New England” during the 19th century. Programs are tailored to the grade level and may be adjusted to meet your needs.
For Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, and Phebe Emerson:
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience: up to 80
Single: $389 Double: $625 Triple: $825 Quad: $981
Travel Fee: based upon mileage
Audience: 81-160
Single: $625 Double: $994 Triple: $1,313 Quad: $1,563
Travel Fee: based upon mileage
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Leland Faulkner
World of Wonder
Leland Faulkner’s World of Wonder program evokes students’ imaginations through shadow-theater, illusion, and characters from around the world. Growing up with an international background, Leland has created a multi-cultural theatrical program that is both sophisticated and accessible. Hear the classic Native American tale of “Coyote and the Night Time Sky.” Laugh at the classic humor of Nasruddin, the wise fool of the Muslim world, as he encounters an invisible chicken. Imagine a hat brim that is impossibly twisted into an infinite number of objects, marvel at paper butterflies that appear to dance and multiply, and explore the possibilities of light and shadow as Leland creates a menagerie of silhouettes with only his hands. Physical theater, classical conjuring, and creative storytelling create a performance that has been hailed internationally as a theatrical feast.
Performance Length: 45-60 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Single: $560 Double: $896 Triple: $1,176 Quad: $1,400
Travel Fee: $100 per day
Bring Leland into your classroom for an energetic, transformative, and fun workshop. Students will focus on creating physical theater using movement techniques and improvisation to gain specific skills to bring theatrical ideas to life.
Workshop Length: 45-60 minutes
Participants: 30 students
Price: $125 per workshop
It may be necessary to arrange overnight accommodations for this artist.
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