Adopt-A-School Program
The Walnut Street Theatre's Adopt-A-School Program nurtures a direct link between the Walnut and a Philadelphia area public school. For a three-year period, students and teachers from the “adopted” school receive many unique opportunities to use Walnut Street Theatre's resources. For example, being “adopted” entitles the school to free in-school performances and workshops for students and teachers. The Walnut also helps the Adopt-A-School to design theatre curriculum, improve students' acting skills and guide teachers through every aspect of creating a theatre production. Adopt-a-School students, parents and teachers may also attend final dress rehearsals of the Walnut's mainstage productions.
Starting in September 2005, the Walnut "adopted" Laura Wheeler Waring School on 18th and Green Streets, where a storage room at the school has been renovated to create a theatre space and teachers now receive professional development workshops on using theatre in the classroom. We will continue our partnership with Laura Wheeler Waring School for three years. Past adoptees include: Meredith Elementary School, McCall Elementary School, Girard Academic Musical Academy and Samuel Fels High School.
For more information about these programs, contact the Walnut Street Theatre Education Department at 215-574-3550, x510 or email us.
