Description
Your students laugh and learn their way toward success in Language Arts by improvising zany scenes with the Melodramatic Teaching Artist, Chris Espinosa-XYZ. He connects Language Arts TEKS (poetry, expository, and narrative) to the silliness of sketch comedy and boo-hiss-yay melodramas. Students improvise, write, and overact in his improv/writing residencies, workshops, and assemblies. Although his lessons are full of comedy, he’s serious about providing authentic art experiences that motivate students to discover their voice as a writer on the page and as a performer on the stage. One teacher wrote, ‘Chris Espinosa provided an engaging week… His exuberant personality hooked the fourth-grade students…The connections we made with him and the artistry we experienced have left a lasting impression.’ Many schools that hosted Espinosa have experienced higher scores on state-mandated tests. Chris has 30 years’ experience on stage as an actor, writer, director, and producer. He’s a Certified and Nationally Credentialed Teaching Artist. He’s also on many rosters, including: Young Audiences of Northeast Texas (Tyler); Texas Commission on the Arts; Authors and More (Austin); ArtsSmart (Texarkana); Arkansas Arts Council; and Mississippi Arts Council. He has completed 145 hours of Life Skills/Culturally Responsive Art training facilitated by Young Audiences Professional Development Series.
Additional information
| Discipline | Theater |
|---|---|
| Contact name | Chris Espinosa |
| Contact address | 2104 Old York Dr Keller TX 76248 |
| Phone 1 | 817-689-0973 |
| Public Performance | $450 – $1, 150 |
| School performance | $450 – $1, 150 |
| Workshop fees | $2, 500 – $3, 750 |
| Travel per diem lodging | $150 – $350 |
| City | Keller |
| Website | |
| Special audiences | Festivals, Hands-on activities, Libraries, Schools |
| School audiences | Elementary, High, Middle |
| Venue size | Medium, Smaller |
