Even in a global pandemic, students continue to face challenges with relationship-building, bullying and systemic racism. Book Rehearsal for Life’s team of teaching artists to work with your school or community group in the Re: Action Assembly format to build community and enhance dialogue on difficult issues. Assemblies run 60 minutes, and curriculum is available for 4-12th grades.
Our Urban Improv ensemble and students at the Groton School share a virtual laugh through Zoom’s chat function. Screenshot by Emily Duggan, October 2020.
Our virtual and interactive Re: Action Assembly model promotes three key social emotional skills: social awareness, responsible decision-making and relationship skills. The intersection of Urban Improv’s interactive scenes and live discussions reinforce pro-social behaviors, while giving participants the opportunity to learn, reflect, practice and share.
Pick from two options:
Re: Action Assemblies foster community! Delivered virtually, our teaching artists lead interactive and inventive theater-based games and activities that build peer connections through shared experience and joy.
Re: Action Assemblies ignite dialogue! Choose from topics including peer pressure, bystander action and intervention, cyberbullying, anti-racism and gender equity. Watching original short videos featuring our teaching artists, at a pivotal moment, the action is frozen, and students jump in as characters to resolve conflicts, promote equity or support a friend.
What our partners say:
The Urban Improv Assembly gets a very positive response from both the students and the faculty. Urban Improv’s method allows our students to share their perspectives and participate in a fun, informative, and memorable way. They reference the assembly throughout the school year.
You are our favorite partnership. We have a lot of partners, but this one is the best.
Urban Improv ignited a dialogue and students continued to discuss and dissect the dilemma after the Assembly ended. To me, this is a sign of success.
Schools and organizations we have worked with:
Elementary & Middle Schools
- Ambrose Elementary School
- Boston Renaissance Charter Public School
- Boston Teachers Union School
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols
- Charles River School
- Dale Street School
- Driscoll School
- East Somerville Community School
- Frederick Middle School
- Hale Elementary
- Hanscom Middle School
- Heath School
- International School of Boston
- John F. Kennedy Elementary
- Lila G. Fredericks Pilot Middle School
- Mission Hill K-8 School
- Murphy K-8 School
- Nashoba Brooks
- Our Sisters School
- Ralph Wheelock School
- Smith Leadership Charter School (Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy)
- The Park School
- The Pike School
- Wellesley Middle School
- Weston Middle School
Organizations
- Boston Center for Youth and Families
- Boys & Girls Club of Boston
- Duxbury Council on Aging
- Germaine Lawrence
- Islamic Center of Boston
- McLean Hospital
- ProjectME
- Winchester Multicultural Network
Colleges & Universities
- Babson College
- Harvard University
- Lesley University
- Mount Ida College
- Simmons College
High Schools
- Arlington School
- Beaver Country Day School
- Bedford High School
- Belmont High School
- Belmont Hill School
- Berwick Academy
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Green Academy
- Boston Latin Academy
- Brimmer and May School
- Cambridge School of Weston
- Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School
- English High School
- Excel High School
- Gann Academy
- German International School
- Governor Dummer Academy
- Groton School
- Landmark School
- Madison Park High School
- Maimonides School
- Milton Academy
- Newton North High School
- O’Bryant High School
- St. John’s Preparatory School
- St. Marks School
- TechBoston Academy
- Thayer Academy
- The Rivers School
- Winsor School
- Worcester Academy
Outside New England
- Aspen Country Day, Aspen, CO
- Facing History and Ourselves, New York City
- Herbert Hoover School, Glendale, CA
- Life After Trauma Organization, Philadelphia, PA
- Perkiomen School, Philadelphia, PA
- Positive Nature, Washington, DC