Eleanor Crowder
Eleanor Crowder is a theatre innovator. Delighted to find new ways to connect with audiences, she brings the joys of theatrical exploration to your computer screen.
Playwright, performer and director, she introduces you to core theatre skills virtually or in person. She has worked with young artists and adults across cultures in Ghana and the Sudan; in The Yukon, and indigenous communities of Northern Ontario; in rural eastern Ontario and the urban centres of Ottawa and Toronto.
You may know her work at The Gladstone Theatre with indie company Bear & Co., or in parks across Ottawa for the past 25 summers. Whatever the theatre space -- a rope on the ground, a piece of cloth in your hand, or a Zoom screen --Eleanor focuses on the teller, their story, their choice of communication. She draws deep creativity from each participant.
Her plays have toured Ontario schools for 25 years reaching half a million students. Her work was recognized with the 2002 Victor Tolgesy Award for Contribution to the Arts in Ottawa.
Voice warm-ups, iambic pentameter, rhetoric, physical acting, role-playing, use of heightened language; Imagery and levels of language, explore Shakespearean language and characters, plot composition and narrative arcs; Integrate writing with the dramatic arts; Understanding of all elements of design: line, shape, form, space, colour, texture, and value.
New Artist
New Program
Residency
Indigenous
Performance
Workshop
Seniors
English
French
French Immersion
School Workshop: Secret Shakespeare
Unlock Shakespeare’s text as an actor. Use the patterns he writes into the text to understand and embody the jokes, the characters, the play of the texts. Younger grades will work with plot lines and commedia characters as a key to understand a play; older students will work with personal texts. They may also work from memorised lines for a deeper level of work.
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Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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30
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Drama, Visual Arts
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Time and Price:
In Person
Half Day: one 2 hour session $315 + HST
Full Day: two 2 hour sessions $415 + HST
Online
One hour session: $215+ HST
Half Day: two 1 hour sessions $315 + HST
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School Workshop: My Life, My Story
Students will explore the elements of drama to create short performances from their own experiences. Students will gain better self-presentation skills, a stronger sense of narrative and reflect on how telling their own stories presents them to the wider world. They will explore questions such as: What high points will they share? What struggles absorb the? How do they view the global picture? Students will express themselves through movement, dialogue, music and sound, and may create videos using their own devices.
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Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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30
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Drama
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Time and Price:
In Person
Half Day: one 2 hour session $315 + HST
Full Day: two 2 hour sessions $415 + HST
Online
One hour session: $215+ HST
Half Day: two 1 hour sessions $315 + HST
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School Workshop: Wild Words
Join playwright and poet Eleanor Crowder in an integrated arts workshop that explores imagination beyond limits. Students will create an illustration and a poem inspired by personal stories and memories. Each person will need 3 pieces of paper, a dark pen or pencil, two colours of crayons, watercolours, or acrylic paints (dark and light). A notebook or jotter will also be useful.
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Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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30
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Drama, Visual Arts
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Time and Price:
In Person
Half Day: one 2 hour session $315 + HST
Full Day: two 2 hour sessions $415 + HST
Online
One hour session: $215+ HST
Half Day: two 1 hour sessions $315 + HST
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Seniors Performance: SMILE - (performed by Eleanor Crowder, Katherine Grier and Scott Richardson)
Songs from the sunny side of life bring a smile and a tune to the lips of your audience. Kate and Eleanor set favourites from a lifetime of songs and stories to Scott’s guitar stylings. You're invited to listen, tap your toes or sing along. Join us for an hour of delight, designed to prompt your own stories.
(Follow the show with a workshop to explore your clients’ personal story-telling.)
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Seniors
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Music
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Time and Price:
In person only:
Program with 2 artists: $470 + HST
Program with 3 artists: $670+ HST
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Seniors Performance: Groove - Songs and Stories for a Saturday Night Performed by Eleanor Crowder, Katherine Grier and Scott Richardson.
Songs and Stories for a Saturday Night celebrates the tug and humour of romance, teen to senior. Join us for an hour of music to stir hearts and set toes tapping, and for some laughs at our expense along the way.
Scott's guitar carries us onto the dance floor, out to the moon and back.
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Seniors
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Music, Drama
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Time and Price:
In person only:
One performance: 1 hour $670 + HST
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Seniors Workshop: Life Story
Using the participants' own experiences, they will perform A Day in the Life, of their group, of their neighbourhood, of their family. Performances include everyone present and can be created in one visit or over several sessions.
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Seniors
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12-18
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Drama
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Time and Price:
In person and online:
One workshop: 1 hour $245 + HST
Two workshops: 1 hour each $285 + HST
Residency: please contact MASC
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Fax: (613) 728-3872
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