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Our multi-session storytelling and playwriting residency program
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WHERE STUDENT STORIES TAKE CENTER STAGE!

ABOUT STORY 2 STAGE

In 2020, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’s Learning and Community Engagement Department began the journey of reimagining programming during a time of great uncertainty and change. Story 2 Stage was launched as a pilot program in the fall of 2021, serving middle and high school students at Grand Center Arts Academy in St. Louis, Missouri. This 10-session residency program unlocks the power of storytelling by mining lived experiences, imaginations, and aspirations. The innovative, world-building curriculum, designed for learners of all ages, leads to the development of youth creating their own fully realized plays. 

SCHOOL RESIDENCY PROGRAM

WHAT TO EXPECT

Our Teaching Artists will come to schools in the St. Louis region for a 10-session residency in which they will lead students in a playwrighting experience. Students will play fun theatre games, explore ensemble building, learn about creative storytelling, explore the elements of rehearsal and performance, write a play and perform an in-class staged reading of their final works. On the final week, students will have an opportunity to share their work in front of their school community. Each residency will end with a brief survey and reflection to hear how students have grown and what they have learned. All students who have finished a play will then submit their new piece to our statewide festival in which several works will be fully produced by the creative team at The Rep!

 

Check out the Program Outline by clicking the button below:

EDUCATORS

Beginning Fall 2023, you can book this 10-session residency for your students! The program is adaptable for Kindergarten-12th grade classes, and features a combination of active theatre games to help inspire creativity and writing exercises to activate the inner writer inside of every student!

 

REGISTER FOR A SESSION

Get started today! Connect with our LACE department to learn more about partnering with The Rep to bring Story 2 Stage to your classroom. Please complete the form below and a member of our team will reach out to discuss more details. 

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FESTIVAL OF NEW STUDENT WORKS

The Story 2 Stage Festival is an exciting family-friendly performance for all ages. Submissions are open to all students in the state of Missouri. (Submitting playwrights do not have to participate in the residency to submit.) Then we connect with all honorees and invite them to a Mentor Day where they will meet the designers and directors of their plays. Students will also have the opportunity to add some finishing touches to a second draft of their play and work with professional playwrights and members of The Rep's artistic team. Once their play is final, it enters a formal production process, rehearses and is produced for our community.

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PLAY SUBMISSIONS

Looking for a specific play from your session year. The Rep makes these Scripts available for download. Click the button below to find your play. 

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RESOURCES

Here is a glimpse of our residency outline. Take a look here to learn about each day in the world of Story 2 Stage. If you are in the state of Missouri but outside of our immediate region, please use these videos as a reference in your playwrighting journey. For more information please contact bwalkermerritte@repstl.org.

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