ATP's StudyInteractive

Welcome to ATP’s StudyInteractive, an online guidebook that brings stronger educational tools to as many students as possible! A brand new part of our Classroom Connections Program, StudyInteractive is a virtual classroom, with blogs from artists, study guides, links, and online resources. A technological advancement for ATP, we’re thrilled that we can now bring the ATP experience to your classroom projector, your laptop or your desktop computer at home. Bringing together Calgary schools and the Calgary arts community, you can expect more when you experience ATP.

Our first venture into this new realm is the creation of BlogVCV, which stands for Blog Virtual Classroom Visit. A traditional ATP Classroom Visit involves the artists traveling to schools all over Calgary to answer students’ most pressing questions about acting, production and life as a professional in Canada’s fastest growing theatre community. An exciting way to learn that acting on stage professionally is a lot more than just learning lines, our ATP artists and staff take time to ensure that every student has the chance to learn more about the work that goes into a production, and BlogVCV provides the artists’ answers as a virtual resource.

Over 1200 students from across Calgary will have had the chance in April to see Meg Roe’s dynamic performance in our Cornerstone Production The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien. Due to the incredible demands this role places on Meg’s vocal and physical energy to perform this play (she rarely talks offstage for the entire run so as to preserve her voice!), Classroom Visits were just not possible. Thanks to our new website and new program, students not only get to discuss the play and its themes as a class and then ask Meg their questions, but are also able see what other students all over the city are asking as well!

Another interesting aspect to Meg’s work on The Syringa Tree is her connection to Education without Borders, a not-for-profit organization that funds the development of educational institutions in South Africa. Students and teachers may wish to discuss this aspect of the play as well. To learn more about Meg’s involvement with Education without Borders, click here. To learn more about Education without Borders itself, visit www.educationwithoutborders.ca