About Met2 ~ Mission Statement / Program Goals
To provide students of all ages with exceptional experiences in educational theatre by providing instruction in improvisation, pantomime, voice projection, stage movement, acting, singing, dancing, and audition techniques.
To encourage and promote self-respect, self-confidence, discipline, awareness, imagination, creativity, determination, social skills, memorization techniques, motor skills, and coordination through creative dramatics and, in doing so, enhance each student’s self-esteem, grace, and poise, both onstage and off.
To offer live theatrical performances to local educational institutions and community groups in order to provide them with a unique experience in the arts which they may not otherwise recieve and to relate these performances to education by providing all teachers with a curriculum based teaching packet.
To provide public performances intended to promote Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network and provide the local community with the opportunity to support young people in the arts.
To create successful experiences for each child in order to support their unique talents and contributions.
To build on the child’s natural ability to create by consistently requiring them to utilize their dreams and imagination.
To encourage the development of each child’s artistic potential and stimulate their creative expression.
To develop every child’s level of self-confidence in order for them to have the ability to interact effectively with others and promote the exchange of ideas and concepts.
To increase each child’s ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and as a listener sensitive to what other’s have to express.
To strengthen social values and increase group interaction skills.
To set standards of good speech and diction and enhance body coordination and motor skills.
To develop an interest in and understanding of theatre as an art form.
To encourage new interests, hobbies, and productive use of leisure time.
To draw together children with various abilities from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds in order to achieve a rich mixture of participation and encourage acceptance.
To celebrate the creative abilities of young people in the community.
To bring beauty and laughter into lives, particularly to those who might otherwise have little of it.
