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QCC Faculty & QPAC - Bring Lessons to Life!
Virtual programming has opened the door for an increase in classroom/cultural collaborations and pedagogical integration of the arts, with tremendous flexibility. You’re invited to participate in this ground-breaking new endeavor.
Introducing:
QPAC LIVE!
FROM PAGE TO STAGE
Virtual reenactments of original classic novels, plays, classic comedy and dramatic radio episodes, historic speeches, etc. This is an ongoing series of educational presentations (done live and recorded for continued use). These renditions of great literary works would be available in perpetuity to English, Theater, Language and Media classes, among others. Any work of fiction can be researched, rehearsed, and presented. Even historic speeches can be recreated. There is NO fee for this service. After the initial live presentation (and Q/A), these works can be utilized in the classroom over and over. Special in-person live events can be accommodated for which classes can be invited.
During the height of the pandemic, QPAC achieved a great deal of success with three unique virtual “page to stage” presentations:
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen introduced students to a live interpretation of this seminal work.
Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe, presented as a Halloween presentation, gave students a doorway into the world of Edgar Allen Poe
Dracula: The Original Radio Adaptation presented as part of the 125th Anniversary Celebration Series of the Publishing of the Novel
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
- Requests for adaptations will be reviewed during the summer and winter hiatuses for the following semesters.
- Faculty can request specific works by sending an email to Mark Amsterdam, Interim Executive & Artistic Director (Mark.Amsterdam@qcc.cuny.edu).
- Assuming the availability of the material and copyright permissions, a performance/recording schedule will be submitted within two weeks following each proposal received.
Do not delay. We look forward to receiving your submissions, and in collaborating in this unique and useful way. You may email us at any time. mark.amsterdam@qcc.cuny.edu
The video below features Ms. Ann Hampton Callaway, who is best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical " Swing!" and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series "The Nanny." Ms. Callaway a Platinum Award winning writer, whose songs are featured on seven of Barbra Streisand's recent CD's, believes so much in QPAC’s mission and its values, that she has written the song “ QPAC: A Piece of Heaven On Earth,” which she performs.
