Educational Outreach

WORKSHOPS 2008
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WORKSHOPS 2007

Ridge Park Summer Theatre Camp (2007)

Several Chicago Park District kids put on possible costumes in preparation for an original sketch show they wrote, designed, and performed on August 2, 2007. The show That's So Ridge Park featured 34 children, ages 7-12, from the southside of Chicago.

Both the show and the camp was under the direction of Chicago Improv Festival Productions' Executive Director Jonathan Pitts. The camp which ran for six weeks, five days a week, and five hours a day, taught the kids improv games, movement exercises, music skills, theatre games, theatre vocabulary, voice exercises, and writing exercises as the kids learned the process of creating their own theatre and becoming an ensemble.

Co-Teacher Jeremy Schaefer oversaw this pre-production meeting between a writer and a set designer.

The Ridge Park theatre camp kids painted 24 different sets for their August 2 performance.

The paints were easily washable, but the fun of making their own theatre production remained.

The Ridge Park campers take a bow at the end of their show on August 2, 2007.

Other Chicago Improv Festival Productions improv and theatre workshops include:

After School Matters

Beverly Arts Center

Chicago Park District

Urban Gateways