Original Monologue
Students write and perform a monologue drawn from their own experience, workshopped in the ensemble.
Creative Pathway
Performance
This program introduces students to the art of performance as a powerful form of creative expression and storytelling. Students will explore acting, dance, theater, spoken word, and cultural performance while developing skills in stage presence, voice, movement, and character development.
Student learning
What the course covers
How the performance pathway is taught, what students leave able to do, and where it applies.
Through hands-on projects and collaborative productions, students will build confidence, creativity, and communication skills while learning how to rehearse, perform, and present for live and digital audiences. Emphasis is placed on self-expression, cultural awareness, and using performance as a tool to inspire and connect with others.
Outcomes
By the end of the program, students will be prepared to deliver confident and engaging performances in settings such as school showcases, assemblies, community events, and digital platforms, building a strong foundation for careers in the performing arts and essential skills in leadership, public speaking, and personal expression.
Real-world application
Prepares students for careers in live performance arts industries and builds confidence, leadership, and public speaking skills essential in every aspect of life ranging from education, business, and cultural arts.
Inside the pathway
What students explore
The craft students get their hands on across the performance pathway.
- Voice, breath, and projection
- Text analysis and character work
- Improvisation and ensemble
- Spoken word and original monologue
- Public speaking and pitch delivery
- Audition and interview technique
What transfers
Skills students build
Capabilities that carry into other classrooms, college applications, and first jobs, whether or not a student stays in the discipline.
- Speaking with clarity and command
- Memorization and rehearsal discipline
- Reading a room and adapting
- Collaboration in an ensemble
- Receiving direction and notes
- Managing performance nerves
Where it leads
Related careers
Roles this pathway maps to, across the creative industries and well beyond them.
- Actor / performer
- Teaching artist
- Presenter and host
- Corporate trainer
- Casting and talent professional
- Theater director
- Voice-over artist
Titles, entry points, and credential requirements vary by employer and region. The pathway is built so students leave with the vocabulary, the tool fluency, and the finished work these roles ask to see.
Made, not covered
Signature projects
Every pathway ends in work students made, presented, and own.
Showcase Performance
A public showcase where every student performs, with students also running stage management.
Pitch Day
Students pitch an idea to a panel of adults using everything the pathway taught them about delivery.
What schools see
Student outcomes
What students, families, and staff can point to by the end of the engagement.
- Visible growth in confidence and self-advocacy
- A performed body of original work
- Interview and presentation skills that transfer immediately
- Ensemble experience and reliability under pressure
Beyond the classroom
Industry connections
The kinds of organizations pathway students meet, visit, and learn from.
- Theaters and performing arts centers
- Casting professionals and talent agencies
- University theater and communications programs
- Corporate speaking and training partners
Specific partners, guests, and site visits vary by region, cohort, and program format, and are confirmed with your school during planning.
Programs
Related programs
Signature Music to the Ears programs that run inside the performance pathway.
Proof
Related case studies
Related work from schools, partners, and student cohorts.
Initiative
See Sound: DHH Music Education
An inclusive music education program empowering Deaf and Hard of Hearing students to experience sound, feel vibration, explore rhythm, and create music.
School district DHH programsLos Angeles, CA
Bring Performance to your school.
Tell us about your students, your schedule, and your goals. We will map the performance pathway to the programs, formats, and funding routes that fit your campus.