Each of our shows is set in a specific time and/or place (real or imagined) and each of those times & places have specific cultural, social, and political structures. We'll be travelling on foot around the downtown area to explore and learn more about these times and places.
For example, for the show "Go West!" we'll be exploring natural building techniques and visiting the frontier cabin at Madison Children's Museum.
In addition to visiting the cabin and learning about the building methods at MCM, we'll take a trip to the Wisconsin Historical Museum to explore a little of what real people in our state were experiencing, thinking, and living like during the time our story is set. 
We'll gather the information, images, sketches, thoughts, and ideas of each person in sketch journals. Armed with colored pencils, writing instruments, and a glue stick, we'll gather ideas and knowledge...
Journals and other research information will be on display at final performances for the audiences to check out, and every student will keep their own book creations, which we will learn to bind at the beginning of the session.
Go West! will also include sessions on these activities:
- Vocal techniques (singing, vocal production, diction, elocution)
- Movement (dance, physical characterization)
- Knitting & needlework around the home or wagon
- Foods of the time
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