360 high school students
3 regions
Paris, Reims and Strasbourg, France
3 theaters
La Colline – Théâtre national,
La Comédie de Reims,
Le Théâtre National de Strasbourg
20 arts & drama instructors
6 general high schools
6 vocational high schools
And a desire to create community
Education & Local Outreach
Augustin Moreau:
I’m Augustin Moreau
Other students:
Aminata
Zacharia
Albane
Cheikh
Paolo
Mamba
Karim
Lina :
I’m Lina, my high school is Étienne Dolet
Other students:
Paul Valéry
Maurice Ravel
Jean Moulin
We’re from Marc Chagall high school
The Project
A student:
I wasn’t really excited about the project.
A student:
I was super happy because I did it last year, too.
A student:
I didn’t really want to do it.
A student:
I’ve always liked the theater, I’ve done it since I was a little kid.
A student:
I thought that I’d learn something new. That it might be interesting.
A student:
I didn’t sign up for it. They made me do it.
A student:
I was happy because there were field trips.
A student:
I wasn’t thrilled. But as we got into it, I liked it a lot. It’s a really great project.
Theater
A student:
How did I see theater before?
A student:
Boring.
A student:
I never go.
A student:
Theater??
A student:
It seemed kind of old-fashioned.
A student:
Theater was never my thing.
A student:
I thought it was more for old people.
A student:
It wasn’t for young people.
A student:
It doesn’t suck, but…
A student:
I thought it was a joke at first. It makes you laugh, but it doesn’t blow you away.
A student:
Sitting in an uncomfortable chair. Your back hurts after 30 minutes. Your butt hurst after 10!
Les Ateliers
A student:
What I liked about the workshops was
A student:
The warm-ups beforehand, the Lucky Luke game.
A student:
And when we played games: whomp, whoosh, whack!
A student:
The samurai.
A student:
It gave you a chance to express your feelings.
A student:
I really like the group games. It brought us closer together I think.
A student:
We pantomime an “A”, the person makes an “O” and the two people on the side make an “I”
Meeting New People
A student:
Meeting the other kids didn’t go great at first, to be honest.
Sometimes, I even wanted to hit them.
A student:
It was complicated because they didn’t really mix with us.
A student:
We didn’t connect right away.
A student:
Us, we’re rocking, lots of vibe, etc., 24/7. And them, they’re like this…
A student:
They were nice, they weren’t mean.
A student:
They’re from a general high school; we’re from a vocational one.
A student:
We got to know them. I liked them a lot. It’s all good.
A student:
We try to be “professionalism”. Can you say that? Nop, you can’t!
A student:
It was a good experience on a personal level. There were girls, too!
Instructors
A student:
The instructors were kind of like buddies.
A student:
Geoffrey, Aymeric, Julie and the others? Yeah, they’re cool!
A student:
We didn’t feel left out.
A student:
They were there to share their passion.
A student:
They were really great! Real softies.
A student:
And Daniel? He’s my Danny-O!
Memories
A student:
I think our best memory will be our performance later.
A student:
We’ll all be up the same creek together. It’ll bring us closer and we’ll really be like, hey, listen up everyone.
A student:
I’ve never done this except for end-of-year events in elementary school.
A student:
I hope it goes OK.
Excursions
A student:
The plays were good, actually. I really like the first one. Even though it lasted four hours.
A student:
All Birds by Wajdi Mouawad.
A student:
I was shocked, I loved it.
A student:
The play we saw on Israel and Palestine was good. Brilliant!
A student:
Four hours…
A student:
We went to see the play “John”. It really made an impression on me, it touched me.
A student:
You feel the character’s loneliness. You could lose yourself in it.
A student:
But the girl who lost her mother – what a loser!
In A Word
A student:
A word that sums up the experience? Enjoyment.
A student:
Sharing.
A student:
Fun.
A student:
Unforgettable.
A student:
Lucky.
A student:
Just one word is tough!
A student:
Fantastic.
A student:
Theater! The key word is theater. And dive right into it.