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Past Projects
Education
INCLUSIVE PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES
The 2007-2008 season of Arlington Inclusive Theatre Company presented Trouble at the No-Way Chalet in March 2008. Audience members enjoyed the zany antics of the staff and guests at the No-Way Chalet. The class was taught by Patricia Woolsey.
ArtStream offered "Acting Techniques with ArtStream" classes for adults with disabilities in Arlington, Virginia in the Spring of 2007. This class was taught by Patricia Woolsey.
Other classes for adults with disabilties were offered in Arlington, VA and Gaithersburg, MD in the Summer of 2007. "Music and Improvisation" was taught by Carol Gulley. "Theatre Sampler" was taught by Dan Villar, Julie Shroeder, Nicolette Stearns and Sally Kinka. Each week focused on a different skill set - music, improvisation, movement and audition techniques.
Fall 2006 - ArtStream offered Inclusive Acting Technique Classes for persons 18 and older with cognitive and/or physical disabilities. Actors focused on character development, voice, improvisation and other acting techniques. These classes were taught by Emilia O’Connor in Silver Spring MD and Nicolette Stearns in Gaithersburg MD. The Gaithersburg group performed an amazing variety show for the last class, showcasing the characters they had developed through the class.
In the Spring and Summer of 2006, ArtStream offered "Acting with ArtStream" performing arts classes to persons with cognitive and/or physical disabilities in 3 locations in the DC Metropolitan area: Gaithersburg MD, Silver Spring, MD and Arlington VA. The classes focused on actors developing their creative abilities and building confidence. Experienced actors polished and strengthened exiting skills. The classes emphasized voice, movement and character development. Offered for actors ages 18 and up.
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CHILDREN
Bilingual Puppet Workshops
ArtStream partnered with Teatro de la Luna in the Fall of 2007 for a series of puppetry workshops. ArtStreamer Sally Kinka instructed bilingual students from a low-income neighborhood in script creation, puppet building, puppet manipulation, and rehearsals that concluded with a show for their parents.
The workshops began Sept. 9, with the final performance on Nov. 18, 2006. The classes were team taught in English and Spanish 
by Sally and a member of Teatro de la Luna's staff. The workshops were offered free-of-charge to the students thanks to a generous grant, written by the wonderful people at Teatro. We are very excited to have partnered with this fine theatre company. These Saturday morning activities provided a fun and creative outlet for some well-deserving kids.
Preschool Programs
January through March 2006, ArtStream provided curriculum "Enrichment Arts Classes" for the Epworth Preschool and Kindergarten located in Gaithersburg, MD. Taught by Sally Kinka.
February through May 2007, ArtStream provided dance and drama classes for preschoolers at the Shaare Torah Preschool in Gaithersburg, MD. Classes were taught by Jennie Lutz and Sally Kinka.
HOSPICE & GRIEF WORK
Camp Caring
In May of 2005, ArtStream performed the Interactive Play "That Knights of Glory" for the campers of Camp Caring, a camp for children who have lost one or both parents, sponsored by Hospice Caring in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The play was written by Sally Kinka and its theme deals with coping with life's challenges. The children in the audience participated with puppets and helped to decide the ending.
On May 20, 2006, ArtStream was invited back to provide entertainment for Camp Caring. ArtStream performed the interactive puppet show "The Pirate's Jules," written by Sally Kinka and performed by Sally Kinka and Emily Anderson. Everyone present was able play the "Pirate Crew" with their own, hand-made sock puppets, which ArtStream members helped them to create at a puppet-making workshop prior to the performance. The Pirate's Jules is a fun-loving look at the importance of play.
Camp Friendship
On July 10, 2005, two of ArtStream's artists conducted a puppet workshop for Camp Friendship in Laytonsville, Maryland. This is a camp for children who have cancer and their siblings, sponsored by the Carol Jean Cancer Foundation. The children also made sock puppets. Then, on July 12, 2005, along with a professional puppeteer and musician, the children participated in an original interactive puppet show, The Pirate's Jules, providing relief from dealing with the stress of living with cancer.
DISABILITIES
Provider Agencies and Other Organizations
Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC)
ArtStream provided Dance, Poetry, Movement, and Yoga Classes for Adults with Autism in programs run by Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC), a provider agency in Maryland from September 2005 through July 2007. The goal was to stimulate and encourage participation, communication and interaction, which are important for people with autism. The program was well received by the agency and clients. ArtStream is currently collaborating with CSAAC.
ArtStream can provide performing arts classes to interested provider agencies as a collaborative community project supporting the inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Classes in dance, drama, poetry, puppetry, music, and visual arts will be tailored for each agency and each group. Instructors are professional working artists with expertise in working with this population.
Kids Enjoy Exercise Now
ArtStream partnered with Kids Enjoy Exercise Now from September 2006 through June 2007 to teach once monthly music and movement classes to young adults with profound disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, mental retardation and other severe health problems. Taught by ArtStreamers Carol Gulley and Emilia O’Connor. Assisted by Malinda Ellerman, Jennie Lutz, and Iris Schwarz.
The ARC of Montgomery County
ArtStream partnered with the ARC of Montgomery County to offer Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Dance and Drama classes for adults with disabilities from April through August 2007. These classes focused on various forms of movement and dance and innovative drama techniques. Taught by ArtStream Co-founder Patricia Krauss.
Arlington Therapeutic Recreations Department
ArtStream offered Inclusive Puppetry classes, titled "Puppets with Personality,", in partnership with Arlington Therapeutic Recreations Department for adults with disabilities for 6 weeks beginning in June 2007. Participants made their own puppets and then worked on characterizations through voice, puppet manipulation and movement. Taught by ArtStreamer Judy Brussell.
Puppetry Workshop and Performance
ArtStream brought some puppet magic to the campers at Arlington Therapeutic Recreations Department Camp. The campers, all with varying forms of cognitive and physical disabilities, made colorful wooden spoon puppets, then some were treated to puppet performances enacted by the rest of the participants. Together, campers ages 6-21 acted out The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff, with their puppets. Everyone's puppets enjoyed doing The Hokey Pokey and singing and dancing to The Green Grass Grew All Around. Taught by Co-founder and director of programs Sally Kinka.
Productions
INCLUSIVE THEATRE COMPANIES
That Thing Called Love!
ArtStream Arlington Inclusive Theatre Company (in partnership with Educational Theatre Company) performed the original musical That Thing Called Love!, an exploration of the pitfalls and successes in our quest for love, March 22 - 31, 2007, at the Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Community Theatre in Arlington VA. This production was scripted, directed and produced by Patricia Woolsey with musical direction by Carol Gulley. All Inclusive Theatre Company scripts are based upon the ideas and improvisations from the actors.
Click to read reviews and interviews.
Lost in a Dream at the Super Hero Diner: Observations By A Fox
The 2006-2007 Silver Spring Inclusive Theatre Company finished a run of Lost in a Dream at the Super Hero Diner in June 2007 at the Round House Theatre Silver Spring. Audiences enjoyed the show about Tony and his Super Hero Friend's saving the world from villain Isayo Supremo! This production was scripted and directed by Emilia O'Connor with assistant directing by Erica Craig.
Click to read press on the show and ArtStream.
Saving the Starlight and Return to the Starlight
The 2006-2007 Gaithersburg Inclusive Theatre Companies finished their tremendously sucessful runs of Saving the Starlight and Return to the Starlight in June 2007 at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn. Audiences enjoyed the shows about a a group of performers saving an old theater and becoming a family in the process, and a woman determined to return the dilapidated old theater to its old glory despite some supernatural obstacles! Saving the Starlight was scripted and directed by Nicolette Stearns, assistant directed by Tulin Atakoglu, and choreographed by Patricia Krauss. Return to the Starlight was written and directed by Sally Kinka and Jennie Lutz choreographed and assitant directed.
PUPPETRY PERFORMANCES
The Mystery of “The Pirate’s Jules” Strikes Again!
On Jan. 17, ArtStream was honored to perform their original, interactive, live actor/puppet show, The Pirate’s Jules, to the employees at ROI (Rehabilitation Opportunities, Inc.) in Germantown. The crowd of approximately 60, roared their “arrgh’s” of approval throughout the 45 minute show, where eleven members of the audience got to participate with onstage roles, and the entire crowd participated verbally, from their seats. The ROI employees and staff enjoyed themselves immensely, as did actor/puppeteers Sally Kinka and Jennie Lutz. The show was made possible by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. We hope to perform for this group again sometime in the future.
PROFESSIONAL THEATER
The Arkansaw Bear
By Aurand Harris. Produced by special arrangement with Anchorage Press PLAYS, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
The Arkansaw Bear is a children’s theater classic which combines realism, fantasy, pathos and humor to tell the story of a young girl named Tish who is saddened and bewildered by her grandfather’s approaching death. She meets the World’s Greatest Dancing Bear who is running away from his imminent mortality. In trying to help the bear, Tish begins to grasp the meaning of both life and death and is able to face the future with a new respect and understanding for the cycle of life. The play is funny, musical, visually beautiful, and poignant. Recommended for ages 5 and older.
This production was directed and produced by Patricia Woolsey.
Presented April 7 through 23, 2006, at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in partnership with the City of Gaithersburg.
Photo Gallery: The Arkansaw Bear (Click on photos to enlarge)
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