Our day-long school residencies include workshops in the morning taught by our actors, followed by an afternoon performance. These interactive workshops are thirty minutes in length, held in classrooms with a school teacher present. In the workshops, students engage in creative drama, acting, improvisation, movement, and play production. All workshops are linked to the production to be seen in the afternoon.

Please visit our Resource Page to download our residency descriptions, workshop grid, and study guide.

The Illusion Factory suggests:

a)      All workshops are held simultaneously.

b)      If possible, each workshop is held in an assigned place with students moving from one to the next.

c)      Workshop class sizes are the same as a regular class size, about 25 students.

d)     Enrollment at most schools (400 or more) only permits each class to attend one workshop.

e)      A teacher be present and participate with his/her class.

f)       Each workshop lasts 30 minutes with a 5-10 minute break in-between.

g)      No more than four sessions of workshops be scheduled prior to a performance.

h)      School should allow a lunch break and set-up/preparation time for the actors of approximately 60-90 minutes prior to an afternoon performance.

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