http://www.lizoutloud.com/professional-development daily 0.75 2015-01-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c7c5ae4b0ed15ca1ce31b/5445d338e4b08bb8e76177a1/1422484709267/capp_logo_inner.gif Professional Development - The Child Abuse Prevention Program As a full-time Prevention Specialist at CAPP from 2008-2010, Liz led trainings for school staff and other professionals. These trainings covered topics of physical and sexual abuse, mandated reporting protocol, how to conduct a minimal facts interview, cyber-bullying and sex trafficking, Recently, CAPP joined with The New York Foundling and Liz was hired to help train new Prevention Specialists at this location. The job of a Prevention Specialist includes performing CAPP's award-winning puppet program about safe and unsafe touch for third and fourth grade students. Because prevention cannot be offered without intervention, Specialists are also trained to take disclosures from children who need to speak after the program. Specialists work closely with school Guidance Counselors to handle each disclosure in the appropriate manner. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c7c5ae4b0ed15ca1ce31b/543c7c77e4b0f4b20009251b/1422485103225/mcny+logo.jpg Professional Development - P Credit Course for NYC Educators 'Activist New York! Staging the History of Social Activism' Designed and taught by Joanna Steinberg and Liz Parker Course Description: Activist New York! Staging the History of Social Activism in the Classroom explores the drama of social activism in New York City from the 17th century right up to the present. The course investigates the history of social movements in New York City through the lens of the Museum’s groundbreaking exhibition Activist New York, which uses artifacts, photographs, political cartoons and film footage to document centuries of agitation by ordinary New Yorkers who advocated and mobilized to secure their rights. The content and primary sources under investigation in this course are brought to life using theatre strategies designed for the classroom. Participants are actively involved in theatre creation. This integration of theatrical expression and curriculum content will support teachers as they work toward aligning curriculum and instructional priorities with Common Core State Standards by focusing on using informational texts and documents in creative and unique ways (i.e. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1 & RI.4.3). The structure of the course will adhere to the Danielson rubric and will help teachers skillfully use resources to design assessments that monitor learning, and promote high-level discussions and active involvement from the students. Participant Reviews: "Awesome as a fresh new way to teach history and other content areas. I didn't realize how the use of theater activities could personalize a lesson and/or historical individual's experience." "It was a very energizing course! The theatre activities really added to my bag of tricks (which has been around for 12 years of teaching!)" "Second graders need to visualize complex historical perspectives and theatre offers an amazing strategy. The course paired historical content and theater in an engaging way and challenged students to think deeper on the topics." "Offer this course again so that other educators can be blessed and empowered." "I wish I had been taught history this way." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c7c5ae4b0ed15ca1ce31b/54c961f9e4b04bc7908f5a60/1422484633494/ Professional Development - Corporate Team Building Liz designs and facilitates 'Introduction to Improv', a special event for Urban Stages' corporate clients. To find out more or to schedule a team-building event for your company, contact Rachel Sullivan: rsullivan@urbanstages.org https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54c96691e4b052377d6d353f/1422484633494/ Professional Development - Corporate Team Building Liz designs and facilitates 'Introduction to Improv', a special event for Urban Stages' corporate clients. To find out more or to schedule a team-building event for your company, contact Rachel Sullivan: rsullivan@urbanstages.org http://www.lizoutloud.com/performance daily 0.75 2018-10-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a318a8e4b0f1bacf79418d/1419974826697/please+click.jpg Performance https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a1ffd3e4b03939a866ab13/1419902931961/Lucy%27s+Question+Artwork1.jpg Performance When Lucy's parents announce that the family needs to move, Lucy is devastated that she will no longer live near her best friend. Determined to use her love of Science to find a solution to this frightening change, Lucy turns to her magic lab coat. With her coat and a little imagination, Lucy travels into the earth where she talks to a frightened Magma in the moments before he explodes into a volcano. She journeys to the bottom of the sea where she discusses evolution with an anglerfish and, finally, out into space where she discovers that humans exist only because stars die. As Lucy peers into the vast unknown, she is forced to grapple with the necessity of change and the importance of Science even when it doesn't have all the answers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a28aede4b092556fac0b85/1419938541784/Egg.jpg Performance Double Image Theater Lab, founded by Spica Wobbe and Margot Fitzsimmons, creates cross-cultural productions that span across many art forms, such as; poetry, multimedia, music, dance and puppetry. I Laid an Egg is an imaginative journey for 2-6 year olds. Spica and Margot have performed with this piece in the United States as well as in Holland and Austria. Liz joined the cast in 2014, beginning with a performance at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54ab2209e4b041e8312a7d49/1420501513413/Giver.jpg Performance - The Giver In a distopian world where all is the same, twelve-year-old Jonas is selected to become the receiver of memories in his community. As Jonas goes through his training, the buried truth about the world that he was born into becomes hauntingly clear. This adaptation of Lois Lowry's classic young adult novel is a one-person performance accompanied by discussion with a YANY teaching artist. This production tours in NYC as well as nationally and in Canada. "What we saw today was one of the single most impressive acting performances I've ever witnessed, and I'm super grateful I was able to see it." - Cathy Harmon, Middle School Teacher "The production was incredible! The set was a stool and a sitting box, and the characters were all played by one woman. One woman! To say it was a masterpiece would be an understatement. Wow!!" - Brian Hartman, Middle School Teacher "Ms. Parker gave a riveting performance! Students and staff were in on-going conversation about the production since Monday." - Alison Bassell, High School Assistant Principal   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a201dfe4b07bee0363e7ae/1419903455333/masks+6.jpg Performance - Tales of Snow In this seasonal celebration, two eager snow-sprites-in-training must accomplish a list of tasks in order to receive their official snow sprite certification. Through clowning, mask and abundant energy, these sprites bring life to winter folk tales from Scandinavia and Japan and involve the audience in a hilarious and poignant celebration of snow. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/544663a5e4b0adf5972b1d15/1413287539675/%28C%29+Yoshio+Itagaki+2008+IMG_6960.jpg Performance - Blown Away by Poetry Help! Wendy Windstorm has terrible sneezes! Grumpy Harry’s poems blew away with her breezes! Wendy needs your super smarts to conquer alliteration, simile and more in this puppet adventure straight from Urban Stages’ library tour. *Warning: spontaneous rhyming may occur…   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a20409e4b0894648d4962c/1419904009171/yoshio_itagaki_IMG_1269.jpg Performance South of the Border features creative adaptations of favorite Latin American folktales including: Cuy and Zorro, Miro, The Goat, and The Bird of a Thousand Colors. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/56a4de8005f8e21e95524fc0/1453645445931/1601_LAYWAL_Comp02.png Performance https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54b3fc6be4b0b679e128f4e2/1421081707646/ Performance - A Chance Shadow A Chance Shadow is a poetic play inspired by the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo (1897~1931) and the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1898~1936). Xu was one of the first Chinese writers to successfully naturalize Western romantic forms into modern Chinese poetry and Lorca was a social activist who changed the world around him though his unique style of surrealism and theatricality. With their passion for literature, social reform and true love, they changed society. By using the elements of pop-up arts, Shadow Theater, Toy Theater and poetry, the show brings the audience into the poets’ romantic and historical worlds. This show has appeared at International Poppentheater Festival Dordrecht, Holland (2010), New York Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival(2009, 2011), International Festival of Puppet Theater Jerusalem, Israel (2011), The BRIDGE Progressive Arts Initiative Charlottesville, VA (2011), Puppetry at the Carriage House, New York (2012), and Close To You Puppet Festival Taipei, Taiwan (2012), Dixon Place Puppet Blok, New York (2011, 2013) and the Sandglass Theater New Visions Series, Vermont (2014) For more information, please visit: http://www.doubleimagetheaterlab.com/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a206efe4b0aae8e224e22d/1419904751020/ Performance https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54c976c1e4b0c0965df5b143/1422489275398/Mr.M+hat.jpg Performance - Mr. Morning Mends His Mind In the year 2045, a medical advancement is found that will cure patients suffering from D Siege (formerly known as depression). Lucas Morning is notified that he is scheduled for surgery in 24 hours. If he fails to comply, he will receive no further health care and will never have this option again. After a decade of depression, Lucas isn't sure who he will be without his disease. Given one night to grapple with this immense choice, he calls forth the creatures that have haunted him and kept him company throughout his adult life. Will he turn his back on these demons or will they convince him of his fate? Running time: 35min http://www.lizoutloud.com/teaching-artist daily 0.75 2014-12-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/5445531ae4b0664ae93ccc9f/1419914312664/TIME+inside.jpg Teaching Artistry For more information, please visit: nycchildrenstheater.org https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/543c772be4b01b945d8c2fe9/1413832186924/YANY+LOGO.JPG Teaching Artistry - Young Audiences New York Liz works with classroom teachers to bring curriculum to life through dramatic play. Fourth and Fifth Graders at Central Park East 2 explored the history of Native Americans and colonization in New York City using scene creation, role play and image work. To bring Liz to your classroom, email her or visit: www.yany.org https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/543c76fbe4b0c63f5a38589a/1419914230353/lct+logo.jpg Teaching Artistry - Lincoln Center Theater As a Teaching Artist with Lincoln Center Theater, Liz conducts pre and post-show workshops with student audiences in High Schools throughout New York City. These workshops are an opportunity for students to actively explore the content, themes and artistry they experience at the theater. For more information, please visit: http://www.lct.org/explore/education/     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/5445530fe4b0664ae93ccc79/1419914094261/TIME+cover.jpg Teaching Artistry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/543c770ae4b0163ac9a48684/1419914151895/NV+logo.jpeg Teaching Artistry - The New Victory Theater As a Teaching Artist with the New Victory, Liz is actively involved with the New Victory philosophy: "The work of the Education Department is inspired by the live performances on the New Victory stage. The nationally-recognized New Victory Education programs connect the artists to the audience and all of us to the performing arts. Our programs strive to be accessible; inviting students, teachers, kids, families and communities of New York City and beyond to play, learn and engage in the arts." For more information, please visit:www.newvictory.org     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/543c776ce4b0f91e57d698f2/1413832754699/Urban+logo.jpg Teaching Artistry - Urban Stages Each fall, Liz works with first graders in the Sunnyside Community Center afterschool program at PS199Q using puppet creation and animation to enhance cornerstones of literacy including storytelling, character, conflict and vocabulary. Liz also created a 'Found Object Puppetry' workshop for Urban Stages that tours public libraries in Manhattan and Queens and encourages family participants to embrace creative play. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/543c76c9e4b0222e1f66f88a/54a22a86e4b0504d1ea7439f/1419914339799/ Teaching Artistry - New York City Children's Theater (formerly Making Books Sing) As a teaching artist with NYCCT, Liz designs and facilitates 'Literature at Play' residencies during which elementary school students create stage adaptations of a classroom text. Liz also co-facilitates 'Alice's Story', an interactive anti-bullying workshop designed for elementary aged student. TIME Magazine for Kids, October 2012 features coverage of the 'Alice's Story' program with Liz in the role of Alice: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a22c63e4b0bef254fbf5a9/1419914230353/lct+logo.jpg Teaching Artistry - Lincoln Center Theater As a Teaching Artist with Lincoln Center Theater, Liz conducts pre and post-show workshops with student audiences in High Schools throughout New York City. These workshops are an opportunity for students to actively explore the content, themes and artistry they experience at the theater. For more information, please visit: http://www.lct.org/explore/education/     http://www.lizoutloud.com/direction daily 0.75 2014-12-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a3181ee4b07985e35f9ef1/1419974693384/please+click.jpg Direction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a2125ce4b09ca9ce6f3411/1419906220567/ Direction - State of the Woman 'State of the Woman' was created by an intergenerational ensemble to explore the themes of 'V-day'. Teenagers and grown women came together under Liz's direction to reflect on their experiences and share wisdom. The group explored different manifestations of violence against women while still taking the time to celebrate female power. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/544b19cee4b0420e8840c9e6/1414207376510/IMG_7290.jpg Direction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a2467de4b0894648d58bac/1419921021228/ Direction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a239c3e4b0fe85d86d2a78/1414292651443/ Direction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a23ffde4b038053ff2819d/1419919286371/New+Stand_Intervention+%282%29.jpg Direction Proposed PUBLIC SPACE The North East corner of East 106th Street and Second Avenue is a place of compelling contradiction – an oasis of trees and benches amid traffic and construction. Across the street, a Chase bank is being erected. In another direction, a 99cent store appears to crumble. This corner resides firmly in ‘El Barrio’, or Spanish Harlem. Though it is now a predominantly Latino/a community, the area has a tense and sometimes violent history of changing demographics. Once the place of an important Lenape campground, the area has also been home to German, Irish, Eastern European Jewish and Italian American communities. East Harlem’s 23rd Precinct had more stop-and-frisks in 2011 than any other precinct in Manhattan but crime has increased. Median household income here is one of the lowest in the five boroughs but it neighbors one of the city’s wealthiest areas. East Harlem is a ‘waterfront community’ that lacks easy access to riverfront green space and may be facing the loss of more recreation areas. Recently, NYCHA proposed leasing open land within East Harlem’s 24 housing projects to private luxury housing developers. Already luxury buildings are popping up in the area, producing record high rents. Corners are ideal places for dialogue and exchange. This particular corner sits at the intersection of tradition and gentrification, passion and politics. The space holds huge potential to amplify voices of an ever-evolving community and to unite residents in civic action as they face the powerful contradictions around them. http://www.lizoutloud.com/new-page-1-1 daily 0.75 2014-12-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54a317d9e4b04f5956e98170/1419974520989/please+click.jpg . http://www.lizoutloud.com/home daily 1.0 2015-12-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436db8be4b0a24681c8f578/t/54389439e4b0b8ecdd4d95b4/1412994110343/DSC_0038.JPG Theatre in Action