15 Moneta Elementary Students will participate in our S.E.A After-School theatre program this season!
Welcome Back Bethany Costello
“Bethany Costello is a NC native teaching artist, educator, actress and musician.
An avid traveler and lover of wellness, Bethany is a proud graduate of The South Carolina School of the Arts (2019) and holds a BFA degree in Musical Theatre. Bethany has served as a Musical Theatre Artist (music director, educator, assistant director, performer, vocal coach and accompanist) with companies including The REV Theatre Company, Florida Repertory Theatre, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Missoula Children’s Theatre, CentreStage and Anderson University.
She aspires to foster accessibility and joy for the arts to students of all ages and can’t wait to bring that passion to Roanoke!”
Today’s workshop included fun theatre warm ups and activities that focused on the four ways to be a great actor!
1• Concentration - “Learning to concentrate and finish things helps reduce impulsive behaviour and restlessness, and be calming.”
2• Memorization - “Helps kids get familiar with the most common words. It also helps them become aware of the rhythm and sounds of sentences..”
3• Collaboration - “Helps children learn how to work well with others, make decisions, and solve problems.”
4• Imagination - “Boosts kids' social, emotional, creative, physical, linguistic and cognitive development.”
Our SEA program brings professional children’s theater to the students in our community who otherwise would not have an opportunity to participate or be exposed to professional theater instruction.
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