Description

Join TBA for the second of two workshops covering the essentials every teaching artist needs to know!

Teaching Artist Essentials are impactful 3-hour workshops designed to give foundational skills to early and mid-career teaching artists. These workshops have been developed in conversation with Bay Area TYA companies and are designed to focus on topics that artists who primarily trained in performance often have to learn on-the-job when they enter a teaching environment. Through these workshops, teaching artists will gain practical information that will directly impact their work in the classroom, studio, and rehearsal hall.

This second workshop will focus on classroom management and engagement. Led by experienced arts educators, participants will gain practical skills around managing behavior in groups of various sizes and learning environments.

When and Where

Due to low registration, this workshop is only being offered once.

Monday, June 1st from 6pm - 9pm

Workshop will take place at Berkeley Rep's Harrison Campus located at 999 Harrison St. in Berkeley

Pricing

The cost of this class is $50 per teaching artist. Companies that send 5 or more teaching artists will receive a $10 discount per registrant. If an independent teaching artist would like to attend without the support of a TYA company, we have a NOTAFLOF policy.

Please reach out to Meghan@TheatreBayArea.org with any questions   

About the Facilitators

Aidaa Peerzada (She/her) is a playwright and performer who grew up between Baltimore, Maryland, and Lahore, Pakistan. The descendant of two artists from different cultural traditions, her background as an African American and First Generation American Pakistani is at the heart of her artistic practice. Her plays have been developed with the Playwrights Foundation, Crowded Fire Theatre, Prop Thtr, Catalyst at UC Davis, Meet Cute LA, Northern Sky Theatre, and SFBATCO, where she is also part of the artistic staff. As an actor, Aidaa has performed with the Magic Theatre, Marin Theatre, Word 4 Word, SFBATCO, Oakland Theatre Project, Pittsburgh Public, Illinois Shakespeare, Utah Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, and American Players Theatre. She was a 2020 recipient of the Theatre Bay Area Leadership Residency. Aidaa studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts and went on to receive her BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.

Al Niotta is a seasoned teaching artist here in the Bay Area alongside being a working performer and community organizer. For a better part of a decade, they’ve had the opportunity to work with many organizations and producers (SFShakes, A.C.T., Berkeley Rep., NCTC, SFYT, TBA, LCTC, Meyer2Meyer etc.) creating work and art that they are infinitely proud of. If they aren’t instructing or directing, You can find them performing or organizing in the Tenderloin. (@comptonscafeteriariot)

Natalie Greene is an artist and educator working at the intersections of performance, consent, and community engagement. Previously Artistic Director of the award-winning ensemble Mugwumpin, currently Director of Education & Community Programs at American Conservatory Theater. Choreography and intimacy work: Aurora Theater, Cal Shakes, Marin Theater, Portland Center Stage, Shotgun Players, and more. Teaching: ODC School, San Francisco State, USF, and more. Natalie specializes in embodied creative experiences that build a culture of consent.

This program is supported by the Rainin Foundation and the Zellerbach Family Foundation