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Backstory

 

"These live history presentations help to portray events in a way that is so much more real than books... a great community asset!"

- Linda Hart, Librarian, BishopsAcademy at Holy Family

 

Backstory invites students to step back in time for an interactive classroom experience with a featured historical character portrayed by a Syracuse Stage artist-in-residence. Students take an active role in the preparation of the character’s visit, as well as interact with the character during a classroom performance.

Backstory: “History comes to life”

The Backstory Program is an interactive, live, creative history lesson for middle-school students through adults. Actors visit classrooms and other venues to bring historical characters to life.

Each performance includes a talkback with the actor(s) and our helpful study guide for further classroom exploration. Pre- or post-show sessions with our talented teaching artists can also be arranged.

The 2010- 2011 Study Guide will be available this fall.

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Anne Frank

Anne Frank: My Secret Life by Patricia Buckley

Her diary, which has been translated into sixty-seven languages, remains one of the most widely-read books in the world. Through the eyes of this remarkable girl, we see into the annex of her father’s office, and in her own voice, hear her dreams for a better world.

Available for booking: March 5 - April 2

 
Hip-Shake

 

Hip-Shake by Len Fonte and Reenah Golden

A modern hip-hop spoken word artist. An actor from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre circa 1600. Both are masters of wordplay, rhythm, and rhyme, but can they even understand what the other is saying? Can this linguistic odd couple find the similarities in their styles? Will they find themselves in synch, or at odds?

Available for booking: April 2 - April 30

 

 

Dreamprints: A Conversation with Harriet Tubman    by Myxolydia Tyler

Called Moses by the 300 people whose escape from slavery she assisted, Harriet Tubman freed herself from slavery, then risked her life 19 times to help others.

Available for booking: February 1 - March 5  

 

Rosalie Randazzo: Child Garment Worker by Sara Ariello and Anna Cometa

This fictional character is a composite based on the true stories of the millions of child laborers and immigrants working in America at the dawn of the 20th century.

Available for booking: March 5 - April 2

 

Pricing

$350 for one performance
$600 for two performances*
*performances must be of the same character and performed on the same date for discount to apply

Contact

For more info, or to arrange a performance, please call:

Michelle Scully
Manager of Educational Outreach
(315) 442-7755
miscully@syr.edu

Lauren Unbekant
Director of Educational Outreach
(315) 443-1150
lunbekan@syr.edu