Loften High HITT teens toured to the 5th and 6th graders of Gainesville’s Caring & Sharing Learning Center. The HITT students presented scenes on media influence touching on video game abuse and the violence associated with them and cyber-bullying through Facebook. In addition to the scenes, the students of Caring & Sharing also participated in some Sociometrics and several Read More
Loften High School HITT students recently attended a matinee performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which is currently playing on the Hippodrome Theatre’s mainstage. Afterwards, the students participated in a talk-back further exploring the professional actor’s process which provided insight into Shakespeare text. To wrap everything up, the HITT kids got to work on brainstorming exercises Read More
On April 23rd, The Hippodrome Theatre hosted the second annual Community Voices public theatre event. This year’s theme was Monologues on Change. Residents of Gainesville and surrounding communities explored the idea of global, local or personal change through monologues. Hippodrome actors and HITT (Hippodrome Improvisational Teen Theatre) students performed selected monologues written by your friends and Read More
On April 11th, a group of HITT teens from Hoggetowne Middle School presented two scenes and several theatre exercises focusing on bullying for students at Duval Elementary. The class presented the two scenes in the form of Forum Theatre, made popular by the late Augusto Boal. In this process, audience members could stop a performance in which a character is being Read More
HITT students from Loften High School performed a scene about prescription pill abuse for more than 250 adult and youth attendees at the PIPSA (Partners in Prevention of Substance Abuse) Annual Town Hall meeting. The scene was created and rehearsed in preparation for the event by the students centering the story around two friends who Read More
On March 22, 2012 the Hawthorne HITT class toured a program of scenes on Domestic Violence and Racism to two PK Yonge 7th grade classes. They Picked these topics because they believe that, while they see incidents of such occurring the topics are not discussed much in school, and they wanted to do something about Read More
As a follow up to their 1st tour on the 16th of February, Loften High HITT teens led a workshop to their 8th grade class presenting scenes on alcohol, prescriptian pill, and tobacco abuse. After the presentation, the high school students led the 8th grade in various exercises to create their own scenes based on drug Read More
Loften High HITT teens led a workshop to their 8th grade class focusing on acting warm-ups and exercises. The two groups participated with several theatre games explaining the various ways in which an actor warms his or her body up in preperation for a performance. Both groups will be working together again in the near future Read More
On January 27, 2012 the ALC 7 and 8th girls toured to Expressions Learning Arts Academy to present scenes to the 3rd through 5th grade classes. The girls selected three warm-up activities that involved the entire group to break any barriers between the two groups. After the ice-breaker activities the girls then presented three scenes about Read More
The ALC 7th and 8th grade boys traveled to Loften High School to lead a workshop that used theatre to encourage conversation about healthy and unhealthy relationships. Since the boys had decided on subject matter and scene formats that encouraged actor -audience interaction, they chose some opening warm-up games and exercises to break down barriers Read More
The Eastside HITT students lead a Forum Theatre and Image Theatre workshop with community members. Students lead some ice breaker games and theatre exercises for everyone to get to know each other and feel comfortable creating with each other. Then the students used the format of image theatre and forum theatre to address conflict situations Read More
6th grade ALC HITT students came together with kids from a 2nd grade ALC class to play theatre games focusing on team building. The class chose exercises that encouraged group participation, teamwork, creativity and, of course, some fun. As well as an exercise that emphasized the 5-W’s in story telling (Who, What When, Where, and Why). Read More
HITT teens from Hoggetowne Middle School performed an original production of Elf Academy: The Musical for their peers on the 9th of December. Written and directed by HITT instructors Nicholas Hrutkay and Gabrielle Byam, the students rehearsed the musical for three weeks in preparation to tour to local schools for the holiday season. The piece Read More
On December 1st, a group of HITT teens from Loften High School presented four scenes for the World Aids Day Luncheon at MEridian Behavioral Healthcare. The class was asked to present some scenes for the luncheon in place of a keynote speaker. The class presented four short stories in the form of “Storybook Theatre” where Read More
HITT teens from Loften High School prepared and served minestrone soup at St. Francis House for a portion of the homeless population of Gainesville. Following a recipe to feed over 100 people, the teens arrived at 8:00am to complete the necessary preparations to have the soup ready to eat by 10:00am. Inspired by their experience Read More