Facts
Did you know All Children's Theatre is:
- Is an ALL inclusive organization for ALL Children regardless of their abilities or disabilities.
- Provides financial aid to 20% of our students and young actors.
- Has produced over 300 plays, including 45 teen written plays and 15 plays written by RI playwrights.
- Has provided quality theatre educational programs for over 5,000 students aged 3 – 18.
- Has partnered in arts educational programs with Vartan Gregorian (12 years), the MET School (3 years).
- Has a strong outreach program including arts educational programs at the Meeting Street Center, RI School for the Deaf Sargent Rehabilitation Center, DCYF Group Homes – just to mention a few.
- Our alum have become playwrights and screenwriters, film directors, actors, casting agents, teachers, bankers, lawyers and social workers.
- We have been invited to perform for the Bank America Arts Series at the Providence Performing Arts Center 5 times.
- We won the Moss Hart Award for ‘Best Production’ of Mill Girls from the New England Theatre Conference.
Skills Your ACTor Will Build by Being Part of ACT's Classes or Ensemble:
Reading and Comprehension skills
Students use rehearsals to read and understand their scripts; exploring the scripts through acting exercises increases multi-level learning.
Problem Solving skills
Students help the director solve production problems during the rehearsal process; Actors work through acting problems during the rehearsal process.
Self Confidence improvement
Students gain self-confidence as they succeed in the hands on learning of theatre arts skills.
Self Esteem improvemens
Students gain self-esteem as they learn to perform to the best of their ability in front of their peers and an audience of 100+ people.
Team building skills
Students learn how to work together as a theatrical team and how to be responsible to a community of young people.
Listening and communication skills
Acting involves listening as well as speaking. Students learn how to listen to one another on and off stage, increasing their communication skills.
Spatial Awareness skills
Students are taught how to move onstage as well as how to create a specific movement for their characters.
Literature Awareness
Students read and comprehend classic and new books. The process of experiencing literature through theatre can increase learning excitement in other verbal subjects, as well as increase understanding of those subjects.
Organizational Skills
Students must organize and bring their drama supplies (including scripts, speech exercises, character creations and designs) to every class. The accountability to a community of peers motivates the students to be prepared for rehearsals and performances.
Creative thinking
Students are constantly using their creative thinking skills to conceive characters, design the props and set, solve problems and suggest new ideas.
Interpersonal skills
Through participation in a production, students learn about looking at the world through someone else’s eyes, experience and perspective. This can frequently increase their ability to empathize with people in situations outside of the production.