About Met2 ~
Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network is a non-profit educational organization committed to providing young people with the unique oppurtunity to be active participants in the dramatic process as actors, singers, and dancers.
The program is distinct from adult theatre in motivation, presentation, and interpretation. It grows out of a desire to delight and instruct in beneficial ways which often enhance a child’s view of self and his or her ability to relate effectively to others. The instruction is based on a thorough understanding of the child’s mind, emotions, and the mastery of techniques which seek to give a student positive and unforgettable experiences.
Mr. Alex H. Urban, the organization’s founder, has designed a program which provides children with high quality creative learning experiences in the theatre arts.
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.
Founder Alex H. Urban sadly passed away in 2007 at the age of 65. Mr. Urban was known throughout California and the nation for his work in the fields of creative drama and theatre for young people. An educator with lifetime teaching credentials in grades K-12 in both California and Illinois, he had over thirty years of classroom teaching experience.
As Artistic Director for the company, Mr. Urban operated his children’s theatres and flew throughout California to direct and teach in Napa, Sacramento, Vallejo, Solano, Vacaville, Sonoma, Marin, Contra Costa, Orange County, San Fernando Valley, San Diego...
