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DEAR EVAN HANSEN: Power To Inspire

POWER TO INSPIRE FROM BROADWAY’S DEAR EVAN HANSEN

STG launched a new initiative in partnership with the show DEAR EVAN HANSEN called “The Digital Education Program (DEP): Power to Inspire.” Power to Inspire required students to create a piece of art inspired by one of Dear Evan Hansen’s songs titled “You Will Be Found.” Students listened to the song, documented their initial thoughts and feelings, wrote a poem or letter based on those reactions, and then created a piece of digital art inspired by their writing.  STG’s interest in geographic equity gave priority to Title I, King county, and regional schools; schools applied for the program and attended the student matinee performance on January 24, 2019 for $10.00 per ticket.

Additionally, participating classroom teachers and school counselors were required to attend a training focused on themes around the show. This training was created to better prepare educators to engage in healthy conversations with their students post show.

Finally, teachers and students attended a livestream from the comfort of their schools to engage in a conversation with the cast of DEAR EVAN HANSEN. During this time, students were able to experience using media as a way to communicate responsibly and connect with the cast of the show and ask questions.

Projects were shared on STG’s social media and can be viewed here.

Read more about Dear Evan Hansen in a story from KOMO news of the Dear Evan Hansen Student Matinee: Columbia Bank and Premera Blue Cross.

HAMILTON: EduHam

EDUHAM from Broadway’s HAMILTON

STG presented HAMILTON’s Education Program (EDU HAM) in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and provided two student matinee performances for Title I high school students on March 8 & 14, 2018 for $10.00 per ticket.

Students learned about Alexander Hamilton in their classrooms, creating their own artistic work with selected schools performing on The Paramount Theatre stage in front of their peers. There was a Q&A with cast and company members at the end of the performances.

The program served approximately 4,635 students and 557 teachers in Washington and Oregon. They came from 76 different schools.

Read more about EDUHAM in The Seattle Times and in Seattle Magazine!

Please join us in thanking STG sponsors for EDUHAM: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Pivotal Ventures, Schultz Family Foundation, and Google.

JOHN LEGUIZAMO’S LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS: La Historia Verdadera

LA HISTORIA VERDADERA FROM JOHN LEGUIZAMO’S LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS

Students researched a Latinx historical figure, wrote an essay on that figure, and created a piece of art inspired by their essay. This program was intended for Latinx high school populations. Students that completed the LA HISTORIA VERDADERA project were given one free ticket to the LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS performance at The Moore Theatre on October 23, 2019 and invited to a special talkback with Mr. John Leguizamo. The projects were shared via social media, teaching students digital and social responsibility. Projects can be viewed here.

THE ACTOR’S GANG – THE NEW COLOSSUS: JOURNEY SO CLOSE

JOURNEY SO CLOSE FROM THE ACTOR’S GANG – THE NEW COLOSSUS

Students researched their own ancestral stories or a story that they found fascinating around immigration and/or refugees, wrote a one-page essay on their research, and then created and filmed a piece of art inspired by their Journey So Close essay in a monologue or poem form. Students that completed the project were given one free ticket to The Actor’s Gang – The New Colossus at The Moore Theatre. Projects were shared electronically via STG social media. Projects can be viewed here.