Drama: Storytelling

$220
MONDAYS 1:00 PM Sep 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 5, (not 13 for fall break) 19, 26, Nov 3, 10, 17
OR 
WEDNESDAYS 12:30 PM Sep 10, 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, (15 off for fall break) 22, 29, Nov 5, 12, 19

Storytelling is one of the most powerful, compelling, and motivating communication skills a person can develop. Whether as a missionary, a teacher, a salesperson, or an entertainer—storytelling is essential. We are incredibly fortunate to have Karla Huntsman’s expertise guiding our students as they cultivate this invaluable life skill. Her class strengthens key components of a classical education, including memorization, retelling, persuasion, and the art of being truly compelling.

Storytelling is a core element of drama. It fulfills Utah’s Fine Arts Theatre standards in narrative, performance, and creative expression. It develops essential dramatic skills—voice, movement, character, and plot—while engaging students in the required practices of creating, performing, and responding to theatre. By shaping and sharing stories, students learn the very foundations of drama, making storytelling a clear and specific type of drama classes.

This 10 week workshop is designed to help young people understand and be able to create and tell compelling stories, to help them develop self-confidence in their abilities in storytelling and to create meaningful relationships with one another in a safe and nurturing environment. 

This course will help them:

1. Understand the critical components that make a story compelling.

2. Learn how to structure stories.

3. Learn how to use their voices in expressive and animated ways.

4. Learn how to give feedback that is actually helpful to one another.

5. Learn performance skills in storytelling.

They will create both personal and traditional tales and be able to showcase them for an end-of-the year performance for parents and friends. 



I'll guide you to amazing places

Karla is a delight! She is so personable and joyful, being in her precense is uplifting and inspiring! 

Karla has spent over 25 years on the faculties of four universities teaching storytelling, drama education, public speaking and interpersonal communication. She provides residencies, workshops, teacher in-services, conference presentations, and performances at state, and national venues. She is currently working as a professional teller and drama specialist.

 Her performances include school assemblies, libraries, festivals, conferences and in-home concerts. She frequently includes guitar, autoharp, djembe drum, washboard and/or puppetry with her storytelling programs. 

There is nothing more important to Karla than consecrating her life to Heavenly Father, so as a disciple of Jesus Christ she has been on many of His errands, or missions, her whole life. 

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