Education and Outreach Programming

PAGE-TO-STAGE SCHOOL TOUR

Arts education within a school district provides many opportunities for growth for the student. It provides the student an opportunity to access an experience that they never realized they may enjoy as well as benefiting them in the form of knowledge, future cultural consumption, tolerance, historical empathy, and critical thinking. At GableStage, we believe the future of theatre can be assured only by the development of young audiences, and in the necessity of quality arts education experiences for ALL students. Therefore, each season GableStage’s Educational Programming addresses the cultural enrichment of Miami-Dade County Public School students and has been doing so since our founding as Florida Shakespeare Theatre in 1979. Our programs, including the Page-To-Stage School Tour, the morning in-house Mainstage performances, and our various Outreach Performances, have been seen by over a million students. Our Educational Programming has long targeted students from culturally underserved areas. Of the schools that attended the Educational Programming in the 2019-2020 season, an average of 65% of their students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common indicator of an underserved student body.

All of our Educational Programming offerings are evaluated annually to provide an in-depth look at the experience provided for the schools, teachers, and students. Direct teacher and student responses acquired via surveys, emails, and interactions with staff evaluate the effectiveness of the programs. It is our goal to receive the following ratings:

  • To have 90% of teachers rate our overall program as excellent
  • To have 85% of teachers rate the relevancy of the play to the curriculum as excellent
  • To have 85% of teachers rate the usefulness of our study guide content as excellent
  • To have 80% of our teachers rate our overall program as “Accessible and Friendly” to students with various disabilities

We regularly exceed these goals due to the quality of productions and material we offer through our programs.

GableStage’s programming is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and through the Miami-Dade County Public School System’s Cultural Passport program.

Sponsors

Our Education and Outreach Programming is made possible through the generous support of:

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
The Mayor and Board of County Commissioners
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Cultural Passport Program
Foundation for New Education Initiative
The Children’s Trust
Coral Gables Community Foundation
The Miami Herald
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
The TriMix Foundation
Selma Ankist Family Trust
Louis J. Appignani Foundation, Inc
The Batchelor Foundation
Shepard Broad Foundation		 David Coulson & Jeannie Etter
Equity One ~ Gazit Group
Greenberg Traurig
Lydia Harrison
Gerald Higier & Arline Frank
Richard & Judith Jacobs
Dr. Aizik Wolf ~ Miami Neuroscience Center
Dave & Gail Mixer
Osiason Family Foundation
Peacock Foundation, Inc.
Pulver Foundation
Jospeh H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation
Stuzin Family Foundation
Steve Weinger