ILLUSION in Residence
During the past 50 years, ILLUSION THEATER has perfected programs to take into the classroom. Our teaching artists listen to the needs of the classroom teacher or the after- school-team and then build a tailored program to address learning needs. The program can be presented through the regular school day, in after-school programs, or with a specific community partner.
Currently, ILLUSION has ongoing partnerships with schools including Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Center, Washington Technical Magnet, Franklin Middle School, Friendship Academy, Highland Park Junior High, Justice Page Middle School, Sanford Middle School, Olsen Middle School, Humboldt Junior High, Richfield Junior High, Richfield High School, Ikidowin, Fairmont Area Schools, Blue Earth Area Schools, St. James Area Schools, Butterfield-Odin Schools, Upward Bound, ALC St. Cloud, and WeAre Clinic.
“What I got out of the experience of the show we created with Illusion “You don’t know the half of it” is that nobody’s life is perfect. We all have our own problems, whether it is peer pressure, feeling your parents are abandoning you, abusive relationships, feeling isolated, etc. When we share our problems we realize our lives are not as golden as we thought, and that the grass on the other side isn’t greener, but the same. During Illusion, we all made friends with each other and we all caught glimpses of the stuff bothering us from the inside,
that unknown “Half of it.””
For more information about ILLUSION in Residence, please contact Karen Gundlach, Director of Education.
“ILLUSION came to our school and changed the lives of our students forever.”