WHAT WE OFFER
At Town Square Arts, we believe ALL PEOPLE NEED a place to GATHER, MAKE and DISCOVER.
Our teaching artists partner with schools, districts, PTOs/PTAs, and organizations to bring engaging, whole-body learning experiences rooted in storytelling, creativity, communication, and collaboration.
Start with one of our tried-and-tested programs, or let’s build something entirely new for your students, curriculum, and goals.
CREATIVE LEARNING
WORKSHOPS
Explore our
most loved
workshops
below!
Our Creative Learning Workshops invite young people to become makers, storytellers, collaborators, and creative thinkers.
Through hands-on, whole-body exploration, students investigate, imagine, play, collaborate, and create something of their own.
Workshops are flexible and can be designed for a variety of settings, including in-school residencies, after-school programs, homeschool groups, community organizations, and more.
PAGE TO STAGE
Grades K – 12
Younger students create original stories, characters, and worlds. Older students transform their ideas into original theater and perform the work back for the young authors.
Builds:
Storytelling
Collaboration
Creative ownership
Devising
"I wanted to thank you and your wonderful team of actors for today's marvelous performance. The second graders and their teachers loved each of the plays and felt so proud to have contributed. Please thank your students for all of the effort, creativity, imagination, and positive energy they brought to our school today. It was truly amazing!"
– Mrs. Bangs, 2nd grade teacher, Bradford Elementary
Puppetry Play
Grades K – 5
Students explore storytelling through puppet-making and performance, using techniques such as tabletop, object, toy, and shadow puppetry.
With opportunities to make, write, design, and perform, puppetry offers multiple ways for every student to contribute.
Builds:
Storytelling
Collaboration
Creative expression
Performance
Circus & Creative Movement
Grades K – 5
Students explore juggling, clowning, physical storytelling, and ensemble challenges through the playful world of circus.
The residency encourages experimentation, perseverance, collaboration, and the confidence to try something new.
Builds:
Collaboration
Confidence
Movement
Creative risk-taking
Finding Your Voice
Grades 4 –12
Using improvisation and theater-based exercises, students practice communicating clearly, listening actively, speaking with confidence, and responding in the moment.
The emphasis isn't on becoming a performer—it's on becoming a stronger communicator.
Builds:
Communication
Conversation
Public speaking
Listening
Interpersonal skills
Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship
Grades 4 – 12
Through interactive theater and creative activities, young people investigate how media shapes what we see, believe, and share.
Workshops can take place in schools or bring young people and older generations together to explore their different relationships with media. School and community experiences can be offered separately or as a connected program.
Builds:
Media literacy
Critical thinking
Perspective-taking
Dialogue
Gather. Make. Discover.
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Start with our
Signature
Workshops
Creative learning
isn't just for kids.
Town Square Arts creates active, participatory professional learning experiences for educators and organizations.
We invite educators to experience creative learning themselves, examine why particular approaches work, and develop tools and strategies they can adapt to their own classrooms and communities.
Finding Your Teaching Artistry
Teaching is a creative practice. This workshop invites educators to identify the experiences, interests, skills, values, and artistic practices that make their approach to teaching uniquely their own.
Through reflection, creative exploration, and collaborative activities, participants examine their individual teaching and artistry and consider how they can bring more of themselves into their work with young people.
Participants explore:
Creative identity
Facilitation
Personal teaching strengths
Reflective practice
Authentic teaching practice
Using Drama Techniques for Whole Body Learning
Drama gives educators powerful tools for helping students investigate ideas, consider different perspectives, collaborate, and make learning active.
Participants experience practical drama strategies as learners first, then unpack how and why they work and consider how to adapt them to their own students and curriculum.
Participants explore:
Drama-based instruction
Arts integration
Storytelling Improvisation
Embodied learning
Collaboration
Puppetry as a Tool for Teaching & Learning
Puppetry is more than an art form—it can be a powerful tool for communication, storytelling, collaboration, and learning.
In this hands-on workshop, participants explore accessible puppetry techniques and discover how puppets, objects, and materials can create new entry points into learning.
Participants explore:
Puppetry
Storytelling
Arts integration
Creative risk-taking
Collaboration
Multiple entry points
Let's Build Something Together
Have a completely different idea? Amazing!
We can build experiences inspired by a curriculum topic, an essential question, a book or story, a community theme, an art form, or simply something your students are curious about or are working on.