In this issue
Welcome to the first newsletter from Developmental Theatre: Fearless Creativity! We’re excited to share what we’ve been working on, celebrate our first fundraising milestone, and introduce you to the heart of what we do.
Highlights
What is Developmental Theatre?
Using theatre techniques to develop well-rounded and whole human beings fearless in their creativity. Our values are represented in everything we offer. Our acclaimed reputation and experience with multifaceted approaches to learning celebrates:
- Being a fun, vital, fulfilling intersection of education and the arts
- Unlocking potential by encouraging expanding and exploring individual skills in a supportive, collaborative group environment
- Providing daily theatre-based experiments to expand five natural competencies yielding fearless creativity
Our Five Competencies
Providing daily theatre-based experiments to help Players expand five natural competencies yielding fearless creativity:
- Physical Expression: Learning how and when to move the body from static to fluid expression — Ready to Move!
- Vocal Expression: Leaving behind self-imposed limits to find your voice
- Context Awareness: Being aware of and responding to when, who, how, and what is happening where you are — Respect Others
- Risk Assessment and Management: Exploring what risks are part of creating a decision to Say Yes And…
- Resilience: Practice helps you find what works best for you — Just Do It again, while remembering that learning defeats failure
Announcements
First Fundraising Milestone
As of September 1, 2024, forty-two champions of Fearless Creativity raised $4,754.87! Contributions ranged from $10 to a single gift of $1,000. Favorite amounts were $50 (13 people), $100 (7 people), and $250 (6 people). Founders, friends, and arts supporters all contributed.
Distributions so far:
- 10% to our fiscal sponsor, We Tell Stories ($475.49)
- $1,250 to website designer Three Track Mind
- Support for our Say Yes…And Fundraiser #1, including logo design, domain registration, platform accounts, and high-level page design
Thank you to every single one of our forty-two founding champions!