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Title: Capturing Impact in TYA Speaker: Lindsey Buller Maliekel, New Victory Director of Education/Public Engagement Event: Ontario Contact Date: September 12, 2019 Location: St Catherines Ontario, Canada Please credit all references of this presentation to “Lindsey Buller Maliekel, Courtesy of New Victory” Reproduction or distribution of this material is not permitted. For more information, please contact the New Victory Education Department at Education@NewVictory.org.

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Hello I am Lindsey Buller Maliekel Director of Education / Public Engagement The New Victory Theater powered by The New 42nd Street @NewVictory & LBuller@New42.org

Impact Research and SPARK Team The New Victory Theater powered by The New 42nd Street www.newvictory.org @NewVictory

The New Victory opens new worlds for young people and families through extraordinary performances , engagement and education programs

International stage for all ages NYC’s first theater entirely devoted to kids and families

40,000 Every year, New Victory provides more kids with more live performing arts in more grades than any other arts organization in the city 7

Bringing kids to the arts & the arts to kids ● Performing arts education ● Family arts engagement ● New Work Development ● Youth Development 8

Impact research with WolfBrown ● Thanks to a generous, multi-year grant from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

SPARK Schools with the Performing Arts Reach Kids ● Sought out and partnered with 9 under-resourced and "arts-deprived" schools ○ Work sequentially, starting with entire 3rd or 6th grade ○ After 3 years, working in all 3 grades in middle school and top 3 grades in elementary ● Embed the performing arts in each school through: ○ teacher professional development, classroom workshops, and resources ● Each student saw 9 live performances and engaged in 45 classroom workshops in 3-year period

Capturing Impact Socio-Emotional Growth Increased Collaboration (workshops observations ) (research measurement booklets) Impact of Live Performance (post show surveys) Enhanced Empathy and Creative Skills Perspectives (performance tasks) (perspective taking tasks)

5000 Post show surveys across 15 different productions 1500 Measurement Surveys 600 Individual Performance Tasks Innumerable tiny pencils

“Theater is for me”

Theater Interest Example Question: “Theater is for someone like me” d = 0.50

In-theater Impact Surveys ● Protocol: Integrated into the talk-back with artists to support meaning-making ● Surveys were designed to be inviting without cuing or leading student responses

In-Theater Survey: Feelings during the show

FLY MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME

In-theater surveys: Mother Africa Happy/Joyful Upset/Disappointed Excited/Thrilled Mad/Angry Calm/Peaceful Sad/Sorry

In-theater Impact surveys: FLY Happy/Joyful Excited/Thrilled Upset/Disappointed Mad/Angry Calm/Peaceful Sad/Sorry

In-theater surveys: Different performances produce different emotional responses Happy/Joyful Upset/Disappointed Excited/Thrilled Mad/Angry Calm/Peaceful Sad/Sorry

UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS: GENERATION NYZ PEDAL PUNK

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In-Theater Survey: Impact of Pedal Punk Personal Relevance Motivation to Action Social Bridging Aesthetic Growth 25

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In-Theater Survey: Impact of Undesirable Elements Personal Relevance Motivation to Action Social Bridging Aesthetic Growth 27

In-Theater Surveys: Different production genres have different impacts Personal Relevance Motivation to Action Social Bridging Aesthetic Growth

In-Theater Surveys: Pre-show workshops increase impact SPARK Kids Personal Relevance Control group Motivation to Action Social Bridging Aesthetic Growth

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Creative Collaboration 32

Peer Relations: “Who’s In Your Theater Company?”

Who’s In Your Theater Company?

Expanding Worldviews 35

Performance Skills Level of Improvisation Average Length of Improvisation

Performance Task: Change in one student over time Spring Fall ’16: ’18: Fall ’17: Spring “He’s “He’s feeling “He’s ’17: really sad, feeling Spring feeling frustrated, “Oh mad and mad. Sad mad – no, ’16: because he’s why Fall ’15: angry and because there and he “He’s can’t I exhausted has to go he can’t “Confused.” somewhere, feeling because go frustrated go to he can’t through happy” because he the side go can’t go the through the through that he wall?” wall, and mad the wall” because he’s wants” tired of doing it too much.”

Performance Task: Unique ‘internal state’ language words used

Performance Task: “Life Outside the Frame’

Expanding Worldview Example Question: “I can imagine what life is like for others”

The Unexpected Impact: HOPE

Future Orientation Example Question: “I will graduate from high school”

Get ‘em to the theater while they’re young! Different shows/genres = different SEL impacts Pre-show engagement deepens impact Increased collaboration and creativity skills Expands worldview and builds empathy HOPE!

“ This was a magical trip. I hope you all know that you are introducing young people to a lifelong love of theater.” New Vic parent of a 4 year old

QUESTIONS? Thank you! Visit NewVictory.org/Research for more information

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