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Training the Young Actors of Theatre Ashbury

How Good do you Want to be? And What are you Going to do About it?

Gregory H Simpson,  Holly Vestag

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FriesenPress
24 April 2025
Theatre Studies; Curriculum planning & development; Teaching of a specific subject; Educational: Art & design
When Gregory H. Simpson was hired to run the drama program at Ottawa private school Ashbury College, he brought with him a very simple premise:

If you taught kids to think, there would be a revolution in education.

That premise-plus a few years, more than a few scandalously unfiltered plays, and a whole bunch of wonderful students-would create the internationally-acclaimed Theatre Ashbury. Mr. Simpson demanded critical thought, intense work, and commitment from those kids, and what he got was decades of showstopping, educational, and attention-grabbing theatre. (Not to mention a few stars among his alumni!)

Now, Mr. Simpson lays out his methodology: Theatre as Education. By giving his students the artistic freedom to explore difficult subjects, the rigor and the skills to depict them authentically, and the highest standards to reach with their achievements, he taught his students-and everyone around them-a lot more than how to act.
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Imprint:   FriesenPress
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   445g
ISBN:   9781038326980
ISBN 10:   1038326982
Pages:   216
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Gregory H. Simpson draws from both the theory and practice of thirty years directing Theatre Ashbury to help young actors-and their teachers-get more out of youth theatre. Now that he's no longer doing six-day weeks at Theatre Ashbury (everyone has to retire sometime!) he enjoys landscaping, playing the guitar, and spending time with his sassy Abyssinian cat, Holly.

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