CETA Members
Happy Theatre in Our Schools and Women's History Month!! Please tag CETA in all of your advocacy posts this month @catheatreed on all social media platforms and use the hash tags #SU4AE2022 #artsmatter
This is a very extensive newsletter that covers many of the important happenings in theatre education occurring all over the state.
Please take some time to look through the information below. This newsletter features the following:
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- California Arts Education Frameworks Launch
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Stand Up 4 Arts Education Day Save the Date
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Stand Up 4 Arts Education Day Call For Submissions
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Theatre in our Schools Month Classroom Resources
- Arts and Music Initiative Update
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Celebrate Women's History Month
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Membership Corner
- Celebrations
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Special Offers from the Geffen, YouthPLAYS, and DigitalTheatre+
On behalf of the CETA Board of Directors I want to remind you that CETA is here to serve you. Please do not hesitate to let us know what we can do for you. As always, thank you for your membership. If you have any thoughts or suggestions please do not hesitate to email me at mdespars@cetaweb.org.
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Michael J. Despars
President, California Educational Theatre Association
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CALIFORNIA ARTS EDUCATION FRAMEWORK LAUNCH
MARCH 1ST
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Please join us for the virtual launch!
March 1, 2022. 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Join the celebration! Gain a greater understanding of California’s Arts Education Framework! Learn how the Arts Education Framework supports: Developing students’ artistic literacy; Implementing the California Arts Standards for Public Schools Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Arts Standards); Providing equitable arts education for each and every student.
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SAVE THE DATE
STAND UP FOR ARTS EDUCATION DAY
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
STAND UP 4 ARTS EDUCATION DAY
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SUBMIT A 30 SECOND MUSICAL THEATRE PIECE TO BE FEATURED IN OUR MONTAGE!
Be a part of this important advocacy day! Submissions for the statewide Musical Theatre Collage are now being accepted. Submit a 30-second clip of one of your school's musicals by March 5 to be featured in the SU4AE Opening Ceremonies. Submit here: https://tinyurl.com/CETASchool
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THEATRE IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH RESOURCES |
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Michael Bobbitt on the value of school theatre | Theatre in Our Schools Month (TIOS) |
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Californians for Arts and
Music Education in Public Schools
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This measure will transform Arts and Music education in California by providing nearly $1 Billion a year in dedicated funding for public schools to use for arts and music education. This is the funding we’ve been fighting for to provide more arts and music teachers, training and supplies to ensure our students receive this critical piece of their development and education.
Signatures collected to date:
439,200
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CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH |
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BACKGROUND: National Women's History Month was established by presidential proclamation in order to draw attention to and improve the focus on women in historical studies. It began in New York City on March 8, 1857, when female textile workers marched in protest of unfair working conditions and unequal rights for women. It was one of the first organized strikes by working women, during which they called for a shorter work day and decent wages. Also on March 8, in 1908, women workers in the needle trades marched through New York City's Lower East Side to protest child labor, sweatshop working conditions, and demand women’s suffrage. Beginning in 1910, March 8 became annually observed as International Women's Day. Women’s History Week was instituted in 1978 in an effort to begin adding women’s history into educational curricula. In 1987, the National Women's History Project successfully petitioned Congress to include all of March as a celebration of the economic, political and social contributions of women. (SOURCE)
Join CETA as we celebrate Women's History Month with some resources you can use in your classroom.
- 7 Women of Theatre History you Should Know
- 50 Women in New York Theater You Should Know About
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The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observation and celebration of the vital role of women in American History. At this site-https://womenshistorymonth.gov/ there are Exhibit & Collection resources, Audio & Video, Images, and lesson plans
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At the National Women’s History Alliance teachers can find speakers, performers, and classroom resources to use in March or at any time of year.
Do you have an additional resources you would like to share with other CETA Members? Email links and files to mdespars@cateweb.org or share it with us on social media @CaTheatreEd.
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Dear Members, you should have received the CETA Membership card and Welcome Letter. Contact gaijones2013@gmail.com if you did not receive the letter and card which was mailed to your work address or if you received the letter and card, and any correction needs to be made.
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SPECIAL OFFER FROM
YouthPLAYS
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Get your young writers writing: It's time for the New Voices One-Act Competition for Young Playwrights, YouthPLAYS' competition for plays 10-40 minutes written by playwrights 19 and under. The deadline is May 1st, and the winner will receive a $250 prize and publication. Full details here:
We're also thrilled to announce the publication of last year's winner, Hopefully: An Ethnodrama by Ashley P. DiLorenzo
Dramedy. 30-40 minutes. 1F, 3-10 any gender (4-11 performers possible).
As they navigate the whirlwind that is the college application process, Cecilia and her peers grapple with aspirations, frustrations and uncertainty in this play based on interviews with 40 young adults in the thick of it.
Visit the YouthPLAYS website at https://www.youthplays.com for more than 500 challenging and entertaining plays and musicals for schools, colleges, youth theatres and theatres for young audiences, as well as free scenes and monologues for use in your classroom and for auditions!
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SPECIAL OFFER FROM
JASON DAUNTER AND THE GEFFEN
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About the Show
Distinguished Harvard professor Charles Nichols (Emmy & Tony Award winner Bryan Cranston) finds himself in hot water after inviting an incendiary white nationalist to speak at his annual symposium. His colleagues are concerned, his students are in revolt, but Charles is undeterred in his plot to expose and academically thrash his invited guest. This profoundly relevant new play by Paul Grellong (The Boys, Manuscript) examines the insidiousness of hate disguised as free speech and the question of who ultimately pays the price.
As a CETA member you receive 25% off of your order. Enter code "CETA25" when purchasing tickets.
A special thank you to our CETA friend Jason Daunter for organizing this discount.
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SPECIAL OFFER FROM
DIGITAL THEATRE+
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Hello DT+ North American Theatre Partners!
I wanted to update you on the extraordinary Teaching Resources we are exclusively providing to our thespian partners in the US and Canada. These resources are accessible without a subscription; however, for access to all of our amazing resources, I encourage CETA members to message to me at anna.bean@digitaltheatre.com. I will connect your member to the customer support person for their specific area.
The exclusive Teaching Resources are the following:
Allegiance and Asian American/Pacific Islander Representation in Musical Theatre. This Professional Learning Experience (PLE) features a student-facing discussion with the director and a lead actor from the Broadway run of Allegiance, a musical based on George Takei's (Star Trek's Mr. Sulu) own story of living in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. In addition to the discussion, the PLE includes a teaching demonstration of one of our instructional resources for the musical.
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"It's communication - that's what theatre is about" -Chita Rivera
Please take a moment to follow CETA on Social Media. This is the best way to stay connected to our events, advocacy efforts and important information regarding theatre education.
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