This post is from third-year cast member, Peter Shanahan. He is pictured here as the maniacal Dr. Disrupto in our web series, The Adventures of the Open Dream Ensemble.
This week we are working at the Summit School in a five-day teaching residency. is turning out to be a real blast. The kids are very eager to learn and we've discovered just how energetic and creative they are! My teaching partner, Brandon Harris, is one of the Open Dream Ensemble's newest cast members and I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching him work with the kids. He is excellent and always seems capable of having more energy than 15 kids combined! Yesterday we played "air guitar" with our Fifth grade class singing a hard-rock tune with the words of "When I Wake Up in Pangea..." Brandon created the tune and was just as capable of getting the kids to learn about and imagine what Pangea was like as he was in exciting them and making them laugh! I'm lucky to be working with such a great actor and teacher.
I'm looking forward to next week's residency at Mineral Springs Elementary and shows throughout the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, but first we have a show coming up on the UNCSA campus at 2:00 PM on Saturday and we'll be filming the show in the afternoon.
I'm very proud to be working with such an excellent group of cast members and teaching artists! And if you haven't already, please check out our webseries: The Adventures of the Open Dream Ensemble!
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