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Springin' to The End of Classes
I just finished up another Theatre School semester of teaching! This time I was able to teach three classes: 101: Kids Acting for Ages 5-7, 102A: Kids Musical Theatre for Ages 5-7, and 102B: Kids Musical Theatre for Ages 5-7 with the incredible Lindsay Marcus! We had a number of repeat students as well as some new ones, so we did a mix of acting and musical theatre techniques revisitng some old topics while diving into a lot of new ideas for the classes. During the showcase w
Connor Shields
Apr 14, 2024


Monster? *insert high-pitched screams here*
Today was closing for Monster: A Frankenstein Play by John Clancy. While I won't go too in-depth about the show's content since ~spoilers~ I would like to say this was an absolute blast of a show! The cast and crew were superb and getting to essentially cause controlled chaos for 90 minutes was wonderful. I think my favorite reaction to the show was "I imagine this is what an acid trip is like." I played the role of Tres and that journey was an interesting one to say the lea
Connor Shields
Feb 28, 2024


Fallin' Into Classes and Embracing My Inner Cartoon Character
These past few months I got to teach the classes 101: Kids Acting for Ages 5-7 and 102A: Kids Musical Theatre for Ages 5-7 with an incredible co-Teaching Artist, Lindsay Marcus at the Walnut Street Theatre. This was our first time teaching this class together and I have to say, we did a fantastic job in my totally unbiased opinion. Together, we taught students the fundamentals of acting and musical theatre, various techniques and games, as well as songs, dances, and story cre
Connor Shields
Dec 18, 2023


Does This Mean I Can Graduate Now???
Today I was able to present my senior capstone for graduation! For my project, I was given the opportunity to take control of the Rowan University freshmen "Intro to Theatre and Dance" class and did a workshop on Laban Movement. This consisted of going over the theory of Laban, slowly physicalizing it before the class started to identify how each other moves. Once that was complete, students then adapted this into Open Scenes, where students were challenged to move in a way f
Connor Shields
Nov 30, 2023


IT'S ALIVE?!?!?
Hello and welcome to my first post! I wanted to start this as a way to chronicle what's happening with me since I'm entering my senior year of college and capture some highlights that happen during my artistic work. Thanks for stopping by :)
Connor Shields
Aug 21, 2023
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