CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING FOR STUDENTS

Tectonic Theater Project and The Moment Work Institute are currently partnering with undergraduate and graduate theater programs to offer a Certificate of Training for  students. This is an opportunity for students to experience an immersion in the Devising Technique that is integrated with their overall theater training.

The Moment Work Institute Pedagogy includes Moment Work Levels Training 1-3 as well as a Devising and Dramaturgy Laboratory for the creation of New Work. 

Our current partner schools are Drew University, undergraduate theater in Madison, New Jersey, and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville MFA in playwriting, directing, acting, and design.

Undergraduate curriculum 150 contact hours // $25,000
Graduate curriculum 200 contact hours // $32,000

The curriculum spans 1 - 3 years depending on the length of the program. The Devising Laboratory can be ensemble created or solo pieces, or Moment Work applied Thesis projects.

MOMENT WORK & MFA PROGRAMS

Moment Work has been used as core devising curriculum for ensemble based cohorts in acting, directing, playwriting and Masters programs (MFAs) across the country. The core Moment Work curriculum consists of:

YEAR ONE
Introduction to Moment Work and LEVEL 1: The Elements of the Stage
LEVEL 2: Writing Performance
LEVEL 3: Constructing Narrative

YEAR TWO
Ensemble created original work or Thesis Development solo work Parts 1, 2, and 3

Students are guided through a process to generate original work, either together as an ensemble, or invidually as part of their solo thesis performances. In both cases, students work together in development. This hands-on mentorship happens over the course of three workshops: the first is exploratory, the second is generative, and the third combines writing and moment work leading up to performance.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Tectonic Theater Project and the Moment Work Institute currently trains teachers both school and district-wide in Moment Work and its application in the classroom. Moment Work has been used across the country in social studies and history classes to bring history and current events to life, in Language Arts to embody great works of literature, and even been applied to math and the sciences. Moment Work is also a Mindfulness tool for students as the technique involves short intervals of creative and mental focus. 

This Professional Development provides teachers with curriculum tools as well as a common language for imagination and creativity in the classroom. 

Recent Professional Development Trainings include: Muse Machine, Dayton, Ohio; Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida; Horace Mann High School, Bronx New York; and Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida.

CREATING SHORT ORIGINAL WORKS

50 hours

Students work with Tectonic instructor(s) to choose a subject matter. Tectonic instructor guides the students in creating a content portfolio which may include: questionnaires, interviews, non-fiction sources, images, music, and original writing. Students then share or present their content for group discussion. Students work individually and in groups to create moments inspired by the content. Tectonic instructor guides the students in constructing a short piece(s) based on their content and moments.  

Cost: $10,000

The intial stages of this lab can be conducted remotely. Prior Moment Work training Levels 1 and 2 are encouraged but not required. 

“CALL MY NAME: THE PLAY”

Scholar Dr. Rhondda Thomas adapts her vast archival research project, “Call My Name,” to the stage. Dr. Thomas has spent over a decade searching for and discovering seven generations of Black history at Clemson, a predominantly white institution built on a former plantatation. Tectonic artists conducted mutiple workshops to theatrically explore this body of research in a laboratory setting, and provided dramaturgical support and playwriting instruction. Recently, a first draft of the play and a collection of moments was shared in collaboration with Clemson’s theater department to mark the 60th anniversary of the integration of Clemson University by Harvey B. Gantt, a Black South Carolinian who sued Clemson for admission, a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.