A trip to Ellis Island is a week long residency that helps students understand the reason people fled their homes to start again in a new land. We will write diary entries, create maps of imaginary countries, cross an ocean through tableaux, and find ourselves beginning a new life in a new land.
Artist Background
Donna Washington is a professional author, storyteller, and multicultural folklorist who has been sharing stories for more than 37 years. Her amazing vocal pyrotechnics and dynamic physicality make her stories come alive and enthrall and delight audiences from four to one hundred and four. She offers a range of multicultural folktales, personal narratives and stories of her own creation. She is a multiple-award winning artist with eleven CDs and author of six children’s books. Her latest, PRAK FILLS THE HOUSE was released September 2023. She has been featured at numerous festivals, schools & libraries, theaters, and other venues around the world including Canada, Peru, Argentina, and Hong Kong. Her school shows are grade specific and targeted to students’ age, cognitive, and emotional development.
Donna was trained at Northwestern University in storytelling, theatre, Creative Drama, and folklore over thirty-seven years ago. She has been using creative drama and stories to make history accessible to people of all ages for more than three decades. She has been teaching this particular residency for about twenty-eight years.
Search Criteria
- Program Type: Workshop/Residency
- Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, Storytelling, Theatre
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
