Theater for Dessert, a new program from Books for Dessert, offers adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) aged 18 or older the opportunity to bring books to life while learning theater skills. This ten-week program will have participants learning the tools of the actor, from acting and vocal warmups to rehearsal and performance. Communication skills, character development and social interaction are all part of the interactive theatrical learning process. Multimodal arts learning will also be experienced through set and costume design and creation working with professionals in the industry.

Would you like to join us? Click HERE to apply!

About the Program Director:

Elise May, Program Director for Theater for Dessert, is a Teaching Artist/Arts Administrator, actor/singer, writer/storyteller. Her original award-winning Arts-in-Education programs (Storytime Theater, Expressive Elocution, Multicultural Voices, Creative Readers – an arts education inclusion program and winner of the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award) use theater arts for communication empowerment and community development with all populations. Elise is on the Steering Committee for the Arts for All Abilities Consortium in NYC, where she has produced and moderated events and Professional Development for those who work with students with disabilities. A Teaching Artist for Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Elise is honored to be part of the creative and performance team for Branching Out, a new sensory immersive play for those on the autism spectrum.