Praying & Playing: Using Theater Games and Creativity Techniques to Help Students Awaken to Prayer Presenter: Cantor Rebecca Joy Fletcher
We will explore creative ways, on our feet, to help students connect more deeply with their prayer lives. We start from the premise that everyone can come to love prayer. So let's help them do that more deeply.
This 9:35 am to 10:30 am. breakout session is designed for teachers working with grades 3-6
Cantor Rebecca Fletcher is an internationally recognized playwright, actress, singer and educator. The New York Times calls her performances “richly rounded and eventually heartbreaking.” Ordained as a cantor, Rebecca now devotes herself full-time to touring and teaching. Highlights include her hit off Broadway show Kleynkunst!, her bilingual show Metropolis which premiered in Paris; Cities of Light, which has had productions around the world, and Ringing True, which recently premiered at the Miami Theater Center. Also a seasoned Jewish and arts educator, Rebecca has served as teacher, lecturer and artist-in-residence at universities, synagogues, and schools around the US, Europe, and Israel. Today she works as experiential educator for The ARK, Chicago's oldest Jewish poverty relief organization, and as a coach for the ELI talks. www.RebeccaJoyFletcher.com