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MAKING CONNECTIONS TO LEARNING STANDARDS

The New Victory Theater is New York City’s first full-time performing arts theater for kids, their families and classmates. Since it opened in 1995, The New Victory has quickly become an integral part of the cultural landscape in New York City, presenting a full season of adventurous multidisciplinary works from around the globe and close to home. The New Vic seeks out sophisticated, thought-provoking, professional productions that are as artistically rich as they are entertaining.

The international productions on New Victory stages inform and inspire the work of the award-winning New Victory Education Program through a dynamic combination of school and public programs. Our school programs serve over 35,000 Pre-K through 12th grade students and teachers each season at almost no cost to the kids or their schools. Many of our partners are NYC-area Title I schools, with a high percentage of students who would be unable to experience live theater if it weren’t for The New Victory. The enthusiastic young people who greet you on your way into the theater are part of the New Vic Usher Corps, a 3-year program that provides 27,000 hours of paid employment for 75-80 high school and college-age youth each season. Families who attend the New Vic together combine their theater-going with New Victory Family Workshops, as well as free in-theater engagement activities. Together, these nationally-recognized programs exemplify the organization’s long-standing commitment to the intrinsic value of cultural participation in the lives of young people and families.

Available to Education Partners for every show in our season, New Victory School tool Resource Guides provide educators with comprehensive materials that explore the artistry and key themes of each production. Filled with practical, ready-to-implement activities that allow any teacher to incorporate The New Victory into their classroom, the New Victory School tool Resource Guides are designed to enrich the performance experience before, during and after the students’ trip to the theater.

New Victory School tool Resource Guides align with the Common Core State Standards, New York State Learning Standards and New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. We believe that these standards support both the high quality instruction and deep engagement that The New Victory Theater strives to achieve in its arts education practice.

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RESOURCE GUIDES

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Please be advised that the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of New Victory School tool Resource Guides for any purpose other than educational, such as for commercial or monetary gain, may constitute copyright infringement and may be punishable by law. For more information, please contact the New Victory Education Department at [email protected].

The New Victory Education Department is committed to building impactful and long-lasting relationships with schools and after-school programs. We believe that creating strong and meaningful partnerships between schools and arts organizations allows school communities to deeply enrich their arts programs and infuse creativity across the curriculum. By annually enrolling in the unique and award-winning New Victory Education Partnership Program, schools take advantage of $2 tickets to New Victory school-time and after-school performances, free classroom workshops led by highly skilled teaching artists, in-depth resources and professional development that allow teachers to incorporate the arts into their classrooms.


INSIDE THE SHOW/COMPANY

5. INSIDE THE SHOW/COMPANY • CLOSER LOOK • WHERE IN THE WORLD

6. INSIDE THE ART FORM

7. UNIT PLAN BRAINSTORM

BEFORE THE SHOW

9. ACTIVITY: HOW MANY CAPS?· 10. FAMILY PAGE

11. CREATIVITY PAGE: A CAP OF YOUR OWN!

EN ROUTE TO THE SHOW

13. INFO TO GO • GET THE WHEELS TURNING • HEADS UP!

14. TRIP GUIDE

16. CREATIVITY PAGE: DRAW FROM INSPIRATION!

AFTER THE SHOW

18. PERFORMANCE REFLECTION

20. ACTIVITY: GROUP COLLAGE· 21. CREATIVITY PAGE: A MELODY FOR YOU AND ME!

New Victory® School toolTM Resource Guides are made possible by a generous gift in memory of Fr. John R. Scarangello, OFMwhose lifelong passion for the theater was a powerful influence on all who were fortunate to know and love him.

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COMMON CORE STANDARDSSpeaking and Listening: 1; 2; 3; 6Language: 3; 4; 6

NEW YORK STATE STANDARDSArts: 3; 4English Language Arts: 1; 2

BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTSTheater: Developing Theater Literacy; Making Connections

This section is part of a full New Victory® School toolTM Resource Guide. For the complete guide, including information about the New Victory Education Department check out: NEWVICTORY.ORG/SCHOOLTOOLS

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A behind-the-curtain look at the artists, the company and the art form of this production.


CLOSER LOOK AT CAPS FOR SALE

• Adventure Theatre MTC was established in 2012, when the companies Adventure Theatre (est. 1951) and Musical Theater Center (est. 1986) joined forces to provide quality programming to families in the DC Metropolitan area. They now reach 75,000 kids, parents and teachers annually!

• CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL is based on a children’s book Caps for Sale, written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina in 1940, which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. In addition to being an author and avant-garde artist, Slobodkina was also a celebrated feminist.

• DID YOU KNOW: In 1937, Slobodkina collaborated with author Margaret Wise Brown on the first American children’s book illustrated with cut-paper collage. It was titled The Little Fireman.

“Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!” says the Peddler. He wears his wares on his head, stacked high as a sycamore tree. Gray caps, brown caps, blue caps and red caps balance atop his checked cap so he's free to wave at passersby. Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the classic book, CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL jumps off the page and onto the stage in this new musical from Adventure Theatre MTC (Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, New Vic 2014). With song, dance and live accompaniment, this treasured tale bursts with happy harmonies, merry melodies and quite a bit of monkey business!

[ ]Musical Theater+ Page-to-Stage

+ Mischievous Monkeys =

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WHERE IN THE WORLD ISCAPS FOR SALE FROM?

• Glen Echo is a small art-centric town in Montgomery County, Maryland, chartered in 1904. With only 14 residential streets, you can walk the length of Glen Echo

in 15 minutes!

• Glen Echo was once home to a popular amusement park. Though it closed in 1968, the 94-year-old restored carousel is still frequented by visitors and the old bumper car pavilion provides a perfect space for dancing!

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Prior to exploring CAPS FOR SALE with your students, find out how much they already know about Page-to-stage theater and Musical theater.

What is your favorite illustrated storybook and why?

Do you prefer books with or without illustrations and why?

Have you been to the theater before?

Can you think of a story you like that was turned into a movie or play? When you watched it, how did you feel? Were there any changes from the story that you did or did not like?

Have you seen a musical theater production before?

Can you think of a song that tells a story? What is the story it tells?

In CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL, Pezzo’s dream is to travel the world. Do you have a dream for when you grow up? What is it?

WHAT DO YOUR STUDENTS KNOW NOW?

MUSICAL THEATERMusical theater brings together acting, live music and dance into one all-encompassing production. Singing conveys a deeper level of emotion, allowing the characters to express themselves beyond dialogue, monologue or soliloquoy. CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICALwill have three live musicians accompanying pre-recorded tracks to support the performers.

PAGE-TO-STAGE THEATER Page-to-stage theater is a technique often used to bring children’s literature to life. Artists work to capture the tone and spirit of the underlying material with respect for the original intent of the author. Through a collaborative design process, they incorporate many aspects of theatrical production, including character development, technical elements and storytelling to effectively connect with audiences. In CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL, the creative team has developed a script based on all three books in the Caps for Sale series, as well as honoring the book’s visual artistry in its set and costume design.

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UNIT PLAN BRAINSTORM

Check out these ideas for how to incorporate CAPS FOR SALE into a unit plan! Then, use specific activities from this guide that we recommend for each topic.

PAGE-TO-STAGE THEATER (ELA)Dive into the world of page-to-stage theater by going over the source material with your students! Read Caps for Sale with your class and talk about how certain aspects and characters might be brought to life on stage. Want to explore more? You can also read More Caps for Sale and Circus Caps for Sale for additional context and inspiration!

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST DREAM? (VISUAL ART)In CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL, Pezzo sells caps to pursue his dream of traveling the world. Ask your students to draw their biggest dream. Encourage the use of a variety of art mediums to see what works best for their masterpiece, i.e., construction paper, clay, digital art, newspaper and more. Finally, have each student share with the class. What dreams do they have in common?

MAKE YOUR CLASSROOM A MERCHANT FAIR (MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES)Pezzo the Peddler sells his caps to the townspeople in hopes of making enough money to travel the world. Give your students different colors of construction paper and markers, then have them create 1) a visual art piece and 2) their own forms of currency. Then have your students use the money they created to purchase the artwork of fellow students! What can they buy? Who set the best price?



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COMMON CORE STANDARDSSpeaking and Listening: 2; 5

NEW YORK STATE STANDARDSThe Arts: 1; 2

BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTSVisual Art: Art Making



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Ready-to-implement classroom activities that explorethe themes and artistry of the show.

ACTIVITY: HOW MANY CAPS?

Have your students do this activity to explore the art of cap balancing!

Materials: Paper bowls (the less design, the better!), markers

1. Distribute paper bowls to your students. Give each student time to decorate their own bowl. Then, allow them time to enjoy trying them on like caps!

2. Have a Cap-Stacking competition! Using their own "cap" as the base, see which students can balance the most "caps" on their head (see photo below for an example of the best cap-stacking strategy)! Peers can offer their cap to friends to be part of a balancing act.

3. Add additional challenges to the competition, such as walking across the room with caps on, or drawing a monkey on the board with caps on, for even more fun!

REFLECTION QUESTIONSHow many caps do you think Pezzo will stack on his head?How do you think they will stack all those caps onstage?

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BE A PART OF YOUR KID'S FIELD TRIP!®

WATCH

• Check out the video trailer and a message from the company! NewVictory.org

• While you're there, do the suggested Family Activities to learn more about the show. NewVictory.org/FamilyActivities

ASK

Ask your kid BEFORE the show: • What kind of music do you think you’ll hear in the show? • What are you most excited about for your trip to 42nd Street?

Ask your kid AFTER the show: • What was your favorite part of CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL?• Which songs did you enjoy the most?• How was CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL different from other shows you’ve seen?

VISIT

The New Vic is New York City’s only performing arts theater exclusively devoted to kids, their families and classmates—

bringing exhilarating stories, innovative art forms and unparalleled performers from around the world to our historic

stage in Times Square. For a full list of shows in the New Vic’s 2015-16 season, visit NewVictory.org.

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A CAp of Your own! Pezzo sells gray caps, brown caps, blue caps and red caps—

what kind of caps would YOU sell? Design your very own cap!



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COMMON CORE STANDARDSSpeaking and Listening: 2; 5

NEW YORK STATE STANDARDSArts: 1; 2

BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTSVisual Art: Art Making


Trip logistics and a brief student activity to be completed shortly before seeing the show (either

in class or on the way to 42nd Street).


Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the classic book, CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL jumps off the picture book page and onto the stage. With song, dance and live accompaniment, this treasured tale bursts with happy harmonies, merry melodies and a bit of monkey business!

Provide these resources to all teachers and chaperones

attending the show.

• Adventure Theatre MTC was established in 2012 when companies Adventure Theatre (est. 1951) and Musical Theater Center (est. 1986) joined forces to provide quality programming to families in the DC Metropolitan area. They now reach 75,000 kids, parents, and teachers annually!

• CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL is based on a children’s book of the same name, written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina in 1940. It won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. In addition to being an author and avant-garde artist, Slobodkina was also

a celebrated feminist.

DESTINATION

INFO TO GO

What is your favorite illustrated storybook and why?

Have you been to the theater before?

Can you think of a song that tells a story? What story does it tell?

GET THE WHEELS TURNING QUESTIONS TO ASK STUDENTS ON THE WAY TO THE THEATER

FAMILY PAGEDistribute the FAMILY PAGE in the BEFORE section to your students’ families with the field trip permission slips! This page contains information and pre- and post-show activities that will enable families to further enrich their kid’s New Vic experience.


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BEFORE YOU LEAVE SCHOOLWe advise you to LEAVE ALL BAGS AND LUNCHES at school, if possible. If not, bags will be collected by New Victory staff and stored during the performance.

Plan to arrive at the New Victory® venue at least 30 - 45 minutes before curtain time. The building opens one hour prior to curtain (i.e. 10:00am for an 11:00am performance). If you realize that your group is running late, please contact the theater DIRECTLY at 646.223.3020. If you will be arriving by bus, please ensure that your driver drops your group off on the north side of 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.

ARRIVAL• When you reach 42nd Street, a member of the New Victory Front of House staff wearing a green vest will check in

with the school trip leader.• If you arrive by bus, they will direct your bus to a location on the street where it is safest to unload the students.

• It is important to wait until our staff checks in the School Trip Leader and Bus Driver, before unloading the students.

• They will record the bus number and give the School Trip Leader and the bus correlating tags.• Please remember to exchange cell numbers between the School Trip Leader and the Bus Driver. • The Front of House staff will give a time for the bus to return to pick up your school group.

THE QUESTION OF LUNCHNew Victory venues are not equipped to host lunch/snacks. In the early autumn and spring months, nearby Bryant Park (42nd Street at 6th Avenue) offers a pleasant place for lunching, and there are also public restroom facilities.

SEATINGIn order to make your experience at the theater as efficient and safe as possible, you will not be issued tickets. Your group will be assigned seats in advance by the Education Department. Your seating assignment will not be available prior to the performance. If you have any questions, please contact the Education Department at: [email protected].

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair seating must be requested in advance, at the time of the ticket request, and is subject to availability. Assisted listening devices are available for patrons who have hearing impairments.

TRIP GUIDEProvide this resource to the School Trip Leader and all teachers/chaperones attending the performance.


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DIRECTIONSThe New Victory Theater is located at 209 West 42nd Street. The Duke on 42nd Street and the New 42Nd Street® Studios are both at 229 West 42nd Street.

BY SCHOOL BUSIt is safest to drop off and pick up your school group on the north side of the street in front of the venue. Turn onto 42nd Street from 7th Avenue so students can unload in front of the theater space.

DURING THE SHOW42nd Street is extremely congested and has a high volume of traffic. According to the New York City Department of Transportation, vehicles are not allowed to sit idle or park on the street without special permission. Once your bus is empty, it is important that the bus driver find parking at a nearby location. Below is a list of possible places to park.

If a driver chooses to park on 42nd Street, they do so at their own risk of being ticketed by the police. The New Victory Theater is not responsible for bus drivers who receive parking tickets.

POSSIBLE PARKING LOCATIONS8th Avenue (both sides) between 38th and 39th Streets 11th Avenue (both sides) between 39th and 40th Streets

PICK UPTaking Midtown traffic into consideration, bus drivers should leave their waiting location approximately 10 minutes prior to the return time given by the Front of House staff. Front of House staff will also help find a spot on 42nd Street to safely load your student group after the show has ended.

BY MTA, SUBWAY OR BUS1/2/3, N/R/Q/7Exit the station at 42nd Street/7th Avenue. When you come out of the turnstile, take the stairs to your right. All New Victory venues are directly to the west of the subway station.

A/C/E to Port AuthorityExit at 42nd Street/8th Avenue. Walk to 42nd Street, turn east, and continue walking until you arrive at New Victory venues. B/D/F/M Exit at 42nd Street/6th Avenue. Walk west on 42nd Street until you come to 7th Avenue. The venues are on the north side of the street at 7th Avenue, next to the subway station.

The M10, M16, M27, M42, M104 buses all stop within one block of the venues.

West 44th Street (north side) between 10th and 12th Avenues West 45th Street (south side) between 11th and 12th Avenues

TRIP GUIDEProvide this resource to the School Trip Leader and all teachers/chaperones attending the performance.

If you are traveling by bus, please also share this important information with the bus driver.


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When you get off the bus, be sure to give your drawing to your teacher.

TEACHER NOTE: Collect your students’ drawings and create a bulletin board that shows their journey into Times Square!

drAw from inspirAtion!All art comes from a point of inspiration. On your way to the New Victory

Theater, get inspired and draw! Using markers, crayons or pencil, draw something that you see out of the window that inspires you.


COMMON CORE STANDARDSSpeaking and Listening: 1; 2; 4; 5; 6Language: 3; 4; 5

NEW YORK STATE STANDARDSThe Arts: 1; 2; 3

BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTSTheater: Developing Theater Literacy; Making ConnectionsVisual Art: Art Making, Literacy in Visual Arts



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after | CAPS FOR SALE Ready-to-implement classroom activities that offer the opportunity to reflect on and extend the experience of attending the performance.


PERFORMANCE REFLECTIONFollowing your trip to the New Victory, you may find that your students want to discuss the performance and their own opinions. Reflecting on the show and voicing an aesthetic response is an important part of the theater-going experience. Allowing your students the opportunity to articulate their own thoughts and hear the ideas of their classmates will increase the impact of the theater experience.

1. Engage in a conversation with your students regarding their thoughts and feelings about the play. Use the following questions as prompts:

a. What was your favorite part of CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL? Why?b. What part of the musical made you smile?c. What did the musical make you think about?d. Do you have any questions about this musical? Are there any questions you wish you could

have asked the performers?

2. Provide students (either as one large group or in small groups) with a large piece of butcher paper. Have your students draw the town square of CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL.

3. Then, have them draw the different characters they remember in CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL on the set! If they have any questions about these characters, have them write their questions in the blank space in the square.

4. Discuss their drawing as a class.


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after | CAPS FOR SALE ACTIVITY: GROUP COLLAGEAll of the images in the book, Caps For Sale, are collaged. Collage is apiece of art made by combining different materials and objects onto one surface.This activity will allow your students to create a group collage for anotherstory you are currently studying!

Materials: Markers (or crayons/colored pencils), white paper, constructionpaper, scissors, masking tape.

1. As a class, write the name of a story you are currently studying on the board as the starting point of inspiration (Note: It can be Caps for Sale).

2. Choose one scene from the story that you want to explore further in collage. Is there a scene of great importance or a defining moment in the story?

3. Have your students draw that moment using paper and markers or other coloring tools.

4. Next, ask your students to cut out elements of their drawing. Have them cut out characters or certain background elements.

5. Ask your students if they know what collage is. Discuss where they have seen collage before and different ways to make collage. NOTE: Be sure to mention cutting, pasting and layering as essential elements

of collage.

6. Divide your students into groups. Give each group a large piece of construction paper.

7. Task each group with combining elements of their original artwork into one new collage art piece for the scene! Inform students that they can add new elements as needed.

8. Have each group share their collage by taping it up on the board for others to see! Discuss the similarities and differences among all the collages.

REFLECTION QUESTIONSWhat are three things that stand out to you in each collage?How does your drawing seem different when part of a collage?Does this collage art work inspire you to see the scene in a whole new light? How?

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SECTION 1: WRITE IT! 1. My friend’s name is

2. We are friends because

3. Together we

4. And that’s why is my friend!

SECTION 2: SING IT!Now that you have all the words to your song, try singing it! You can put your words to a melody you know, or even come up with oneall your own!

BONUS: Share the song with your friend!

A melodY for You And me!

CAPS FOR SALE THE MUSICAL features friends appreciating one another through song. Use the guide below to write a song about YOUR friend!


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