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Special Theatre Program for Children with Autism/SID: Week of 8/20 at EEA

John Mitty Monday, August 13, 2012

East End Arts Presents Special Theatre Program for Children with Autism / SID - August 20-24, 2012

(RIVERHEAD, NY, August 10, 2012) – East End Arts is pleased to announce a special theatre program for children with Autism, with notable actor and educator Kathleen Morgo, taking place the week of August 20 at the East End Arts School, located at 141 East Main Street in Riverhead. Advance registration is required.

MY OWN ENSEMBLE - ASD/SID Theatre

Monday, August 20 – Friday, August 24, 10:30 AM - 12PM

Instructor: Katheen Morgo AEA/SAG Actor

Persons with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), other sensory integration disorders (SID), can often feel isolated and left out of social and school situations. My Own Ensemble is a theatre workshops offered by the East End Arts School that focuses on building ensemble performance techniques that can help participants experience the joy of belonging and working with a group. This workshop is designed specifically for those with ASD and SID. Participants will engage in a variety of ensemble building techniques, theatre games, fun movement activities and sensory exploration exercises. Together, workshop participants will create a performance based on poetry and music. (Ages 8-12)

Cost: $90 East End Arts member / $135 non-member

The workshop is taught by Katheen Morgo AEA/SAG Actor, theatre and movement teaching artist, and certified Special Education Teacher. Kathleen Morgo has 8 years experience as teacher of acting/movement to children across the ASD spectrum. Her classes include the use of the latest therapies in practice including DIR/Floor Time and ABA behavioral intervention techniques. Ms. Morgo has 15 years teaching experience in nearly every theatrical discipline for the past 20 years. She has taught with Inside Broadway (NYC), Periwinkle Productions (NYC), The New York City DOE, Shoestring Players (NJ), Theatre West (CA), UCLA (CA), Equity's STARRS' program (NYC), The Lyric Dance School (LA, CA), The Garden School (Queens, NYC). Morgo has appeared in numerous professional off Broadway and touring theatre productions, films, television programs and has voice several films and commercials.

For more information and to register, call the East End Arts School at 631-369-2171. For more information about other arts programs at the East End Arts School, visit http://eeacschool.blogspot.com/.

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