Young Audiences of North East Texas

Catalog

Study Guides: Animals Adapt 4-6, Stories 4-8, Folktales K-3, Folktales 4-6, Puppetry 3-5

Dru Woods

Holly Lake, Texas

Residencies with Student Performance

“The Power of Puppetry”

Grades: 3-5

In this two-day residency, Dru Woods engages students in the exciting world of puppetry. Students will learn about the different kinds of puppets, puppet voices, and the mechanics of puppetry. After selecting a story to recreate as a puppet show, groups of students work together to design and construct their own puppets, create a script, and rehearse their performance. The culmination of the residency is a Puppetry Showcase in which students perform their original puppet show masterpieces for their classmates. With 30 years of experience in teaching speech and theatre, Mrs. Woods ignites student learning with her wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm.

Residency Cost: $180 for one class group, $150 for each additional class group.

Supply fee: $1 per child

Participant limit: 25 per class

Residency length: Two days, 60 minutes daily per class

Up to six class groups can be scheduled per day.

“Mime and Masks”

Grades: 6-8

Explore the ancient art of mime through this engaging two-day residency lead by local storyteller and educator Dru Woods. As students are introduced to the silent world of mime, they will discover the challenge and fun of portraying a character, expressing an emotion, or telling a story by using physical movements alone. On the first day of the residency, Mrs. Woods will lead students through the history and use of mime in theatre, and she will teach them the basic techniques of dramatic physical expression. The students will then create their own masks to be used in a mime performance. On the second day, the students will compose an original mime skit and perform it for their classmates!

Residency Cost: $180 for one class group, $150 for each additional class group.

Supply fee: $1 per child

Participant limit: 25 per class

Residency length: Two days, 60 minutes daily per class

Up to six class groups can be scheduled per day.

Dru Woods

Holly Lake, Texas

Assembly Performances

“Animals Adapt” Grade: K-6

This engaging series of stories, renowned storyteller Dru Woods entertains students while reinforcing the scientific concepts of adaptation in nature. From Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale The Elephant’s Child told with puppets and music, to the fractured fairy tale The Horned Toad Prince, fact and fiction are intertwined in a way that will provide science enrichment as well as fine entertainment. Stories can be changed according to age level of audience, and new stories will be added for the 2008-2009 school year!

“Folk Tales From Around the World” Grades: 3-6

With enchanting stories from various countries, professional storyteller Dru Woods takes students on a literary trip around the world. Students look at the ways in which a variety of cultures transmit values and morals to children through their folk tales. Puppets and music create atmosphere and add enrichment as the students tour the globe. Mrs. Woods shares with students her passion for stories and the life skills that they teach.

“Stories You Wish You Knew” Grades: 4-8

In this engaging program, students hear the stories that aren’t in the history books…stories their teachers never told them. Presented by professional storyteller Dru Woods, this intriguing series of stories motivates reading and instills an appreciation of storytelling. With over 30 years of experience teaching speech and literature, Mrs. Woods brings to all her

programs a sense of creativity and enthusiasm.

Single Performance Cost: $85

Back-to-back Performance Cost: $150

Audience limit: 150

Performance length: 45 minutes

Full Day of Performances (up to 6 performances at same school): $325