April at MS145 By Rachel Abraham
Spring was certainly in the air. I returned to MS 145 with teaching artist Joy Kelly, and the students were excited to get back into our Storytelling activities after two weeks off! This week the...
View ArticleThe pre-theater experience
“I didn’t even know about Early Stages before today. I thought the workshop would be boring but it was great! I learned that the actors on stage can hear the audience and movement can be distracting...
View ArticleStudents catch PETER shining Off-Broadway
Last Wednesday, we brought 60 students to see Peter and the Starcatcher at their new location at New World Stages. Here are what the students had to say about the show: Domonique W: “The show reminded...
View ArticleBoy’s Night at Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The Boys from Democracy Prep Middle School Early Stages brought 60 students to see Orpheus Chamber Orchestra last Saturday evening at Carnegie Hall. A group of 6th graders from Democracy Prep Middle...
View ArticleEarly Stages students LOVED Orphans!
Orphans, starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge, brought up themes about relationships (brothers, fathers, sons), power, self image and independence. The students were engaged from the...
View Article“It Takes a Village” Family Workshop at PS 377
Students and their Families joined Juan Usera and Early Stages for two nights of music, dance, and learning Drumming as a Medium for Community Building Family Workshop For the second year Early...
View ArticleDancing to the theater!
HSDC's Artistic Director and Company talking with ES students after the rehearsal Last Wednesday we had a day full of dance as Early Stages attended a behind the scenes look with Hubbard Street Dance...
View ArticleBuilding on the play Orphans
By: Kelly Delaney, Live Theater Program Manager John directs his peers in creating his vision of a tower of chairs. After a week to digest all the themes and topics that the play Orphans tackled, I...
View ArticleSpider-Man flew into it’s 1,000th performance!
Patiently waiting for the show to begin! Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark celebrated its 1,000th performance on May 29th, 2013, and Early Stages’ students were there to take part in the high-flying...
View ArticleDay 4 of our 10 Day Fundraising Campaign
Back in November, Early Stages kicked off our 30th Anniversary Year and set a fundraising goal of $100,000. In May, we found ourselves $10,000 away from our goal so we challenged ourselves to: Raise...
View ArticleThank you to all our generous funders!
Thank you to all our supporters for helping us reach our 30th Anniversary Goal! To everyone who donated towards our $10,000 in 10 days, thank you for your support! Thanks to you we exceeded our goal...
View ArticleWhat a WICKED school year!
Students from Queens High School for the Sciences A BIG thanks to our friends at WICKED for tickets to 4 performances over the last 3 weeks. What a way to end the school year! Chiamaka, a graduating...
View ArticleMS 145 End of the Year Student Performance
Roderick's students performing a series of intricate call and response rhythms Drums pounded and the crowd cheered in the Bronx last Wednesday, but it wasn’t McCartney back at Yankee Stadium. Instead...
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