DWe Williams

                                    Theatre Arts/Storytelling

Background:

Dwe Williams, a noted dramatist, has a Bachelor in Speech and Theatre Education from North Carolina A&T State University. She also has a Master in Creative Drama and Children’s Theatre from Southern Illinois University. She has training and experience in Core Knowledge, Great Expectations and arts integration, and has worked as production manager and director for the Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City.

Offerings:

During her residencies, Dwe uses storytelling and drama as a primary tool to enhance arts integration while students create and participate in storytelling and learn the value of this oral tradition in society. Songs, movement and visual art projects may also be used to enrich the learning process. DWe works with pre-schoolers, elementary school students, adolescents and adults in schools, libraries, parks and recreation centers.  The following are among Dwe’s objectives:

Demonstrate the use of storytelling and creative drama to enhance curriculum

Develop respect, appreciation and understanding of storytelling

Explore storytelling techniques

Increase listening skills

Expand ability to see other points of view

Develop cultural understanding through stories

Availability:   Statewide; year-round

Fee:              Negotiable