Online Learning Resources
At Metro Theater Company, our mission has always been to serve youth and families through the power of theater. Through that work, we hope to make our community stronger, healthier, and more inclusive. We encourage you to utilize this growing list of online learning resources. Keep the reading, stories, and creativity flowing from home and share your online learning ideas for youth and experiences with us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
Team Education’s
Videos & Articles
Do you love learning through play in the arts? Join Metro Theater Company’s Team Education for a series of videos and articles featuring ways to play at home, drama exercises, and fun activities. Join us for Mindful Monday, Transformation Tuesday, Warm-Up Wednesday, and Thoughtful Thursday videos!
Metro Theater Company
on Educate.Today
The Power of Story in a Play
How Do You Know a Play is Ready for Actors to Start Bringing It to Life?
Inside the Process of Revising a Play Script
Meet the Playwright–A Conversation with Idris Goodwin
What Does an Artistic Director do?
A Scene from The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus
Jamie McKittrick on Acting in The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus
The Importance of Theater for Young Audiences
What is a Dramaturg?
Additional Resources
826 Digital: Resources to ignite the love of writing
#ENOUGH
Arts-Centered Lessons & Activities, Kennedy Center
The Children’s Book Review
Embrace Race
Everywhere Book Fest: Kids’ literature virtual events
Google Arts and Culture
Grace Lin, author & illustrator, on YouTube
Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author & illustrator, YouTube
Khan Academy
Kids Ask Authors
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
National Geographic Kids
PBS Great Performances
PBS Learning Media
Scholastic Learn From Home
Stimola Literary Studio, live readalouds, drawing demonstrations, craft activities
The Story Seeds Podcast
UCLA Children’s Book Collection
We Are Teachers
We Need Diverse Books