Plays

A series of interactive, educational plays for Grades K - 12. These plays address the issues of bullying, harassment and dating violence. A professionally facilitated discussion with the students follows each performance.

Pre - K – 30 minute program

Puppy Pals"Puppy Pals" – New for 09-10, this a highly interactive play focusing on learning how to make a friend, stopping and thinking, and conflict resolution. Students will learn about personal boundaries through song and theatre. Pending availability, the students will each receive a stuffed animal donated by Haxby's Bears for them to take home and practice using these new social skills.

 

K - 3rd grades – 1 hour program (30-minute play + 30-minute talkback session)

Fun and GamesFun and Games – a highly interactive play focusing on the identification of bullying behaviors and prevention techniques to prevent bullying. Students will learn how to respond to a bullying situation and the importance of the bystander.

 

Stop and Think"Stop and Think" – new for 08-09, this is also a highly interactive play focusing on the identification of bullying behaviors and prevention techniques to prevent bullying. This new play includes sections in which the students may suggest healthier behaviors as the characters act and exercise impulse control. Students will learn how situations and people can change and how a person can become empowered if they "stop and think" before they say or do.

 

4th - 6th grades – 1 hour program (30-minute play + 30-minute talkback session)

Spelling it Out"Spelling it Out" – this play shows the classic model of bullying in which a boy bullies a boy, and the bullying progresses from teasing to taunting to threatening to physical violence. The fight that incurs is fairly realistic, and is not recommended for children younger than 4th grade. Identification and prevention techniques are also explored as well as the empowerment of the bystander.

 

Out of Bounds"Out of Bounds" – new for 08-09, this play addresses bullying, relational aggression (dynamics that can be seen in the "Mean Girls" movie), and teen dating violence. The goal is to educate healthy ways of defining and protecting personal boundaries. This play arose out of a need to educate students about healthy relationships, whether they are friendships or dating relationships.

 

7th - 8th grades – 1 hour program (30-minute play + 30-minute talkback session)

Scraps"Scraps" – Developed at the request of students, this play focuses on relational aggression (dynamics that can be seen in the "Mean Girls" movie), the bullying that can occur within friendships, and when relationships are used to hurt other people. While relational aggression normally includes tactics such as exclusion, eye-rolling, passive-aggressive comments, gossip, rumor, and cyber-bullying, this play also addresses other aspects of bullying.

 

Choices "Choices" – debuted in 07-08, this play focuses on teen social issues. The school may choose 3 of the following 7 scenes, depending on their school's individual culture:

  • Bullying
  • Teen Dating Violence
  • Drugs (specifically steroids, marijuana, and meth)
  • Alcohol
  • Body Image
  • Self-Injurious Behavior (specifically, cutting)
  • Suicide/Depression

 

9th - 12th grades – 1 hour program (30-minute play + 30-minute talkback session)

Reporting"Reporting" – debuted in 07-08, this theatrical play focuses on bullying on the high school level and the tragic consequences that could occur. This play is based off of true stories. It focuses on the empowerment of the bystander to, specifically, report bullying behaviors and to be a part of the problem solving process with adults.

 

Cracked but not brokenComing Soon "Cracked but not Broken" – new for 08-09, this play focuses on teen dating violence. Identification of abusive relationships is explored. We encourage bystanders to become aware of the warning signs and to seek professional help for their peers. A professional with expertise in the area of domestic violence will sit on the panel for the talkback session as a physical representation of who they can go to for help, either for themselves, friends, or family members.

 

Parents – 1 1/2 hour program

Parent Training – this highly interactive training uses forum theatre techniques. In forum theatre, a problem is presented, and the wall between actor and spectator is blurred in which the audience becomes a group of spect-actors. The audience is encouraged to stop the scene, and invited in the playing space to practice their solution, improvising off the actor. Scenes already developed include: if your child is being bullied, if your child is the bully, and if your child is a concerned bystander. The importance of role-modeling; role-playing as a problem solving technique; and addressing bullying behaviors immediately, consistently, firmly, and respectfully are stressed. This training is also facilitated by child-psychologist, Dr. Patricia Newman, the founder and chairman of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2

Teachers – 1 1/2 hour program

Teacher Training – this training is just like the Parent Training (see above), but the scenes explore a teacher-student relationship. This training is also facilitated by child-psychologist, Dr. Patricia Newman , the founder and chairman of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2