Pedagogy, Practice, and Performance: A Practical and Phenomenological Approach with Long Island Classics Stage Company’s Classic Kids

Abstract

This is a self-study of the philosophy and processes that comprised the foundation of our theatre company focusing on the inaugural summer theatre intensive program, “Classic Kids.” Approaching this account as an Artist/Scholar, this study includes a chronological account of the articulation of a mission statement, workplace values, and questions for inquiry. Further, this documentation then describes selected practices and outcomes that demonstrate the heuristic and phenomenological interchanges that occur during and as a result of these exercises. This self-study further seeks to focus on the transferrable skills developed in performance study to self-actualization in everyday life.