Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poetry and Play Inspired by Shel Silverstein Black Box Production One Week

Shel Silverstein is a beloved cartoonist, poet, children's author, songwriter and musician. His books, which he also illustrated, are celebrated for their unique humor and blend of the serious and silly. For our production, campers will bring some of his best loved poems from Where The Sidewalk Ends to life on stage. Performers will use our imaginations and energy to learn about stagecraft as well as performance techniques and stage presence to work as an ensemble for this special production. Please note that though not all students will receive their part of choice, our casting process works to offer all students lots of stage time and performance experience.

Extra Rehearsal: Saturday, June 13th from 10-11:30 a.m.

Performance: Saturday, June 13th at 12 p.m.

Teacher Bio: Ingrid Shea has been teaching in early childhood education for 14 years. She has taught ages 2-6 in play-based preschool settings as well as in music and theatre settings. She offers private voice and acting/public speaking lessons for ages 8-adult. Ingrid strongly believes in the power of play and the wonderful life lessons that can come from being in the moment! With a degree in music as well as education, she enjoys bringing music into all her work with children. This will be Ingrid’s fourth year at Summer at Kent Denver, and she has truly enjoyed being a part of building and developing the KDS preschool summer program!

Room: Black Box Subject: Children’s literature/creative play Time: 8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Materials Fee: $90

Lunch can be purchased through Kent Denver for all classes below 50 in number. Students may bring their own lunch.