PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT: EncoreSTL

GSGBC members participated in The Foundational Frame (Mini-Project). Projects included:

• Phase 1: Onboarding/Storymapping the "Summer Narrative" → Plot & Character Mapping

• Phase 2: Skill Build/Monologue & Vocal Technique → Diction and Projection

• Phase 3: Tech Intro/Storyboarding for the Camera → Visual Literacy: Sequencing Narrative Beats

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The EncoreSTL summer sessions started off with improv exercises to

• Build members' confidence

• Embrace uncertainty

• Celebrate mistakes

• Trust their instincts.

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​EncoreSTL Teaching Artists guided members to develop scripts for When the City Goes Live, an original summer production created at Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club in partnership with EncoreSTL. Members improved and refined their skills in literacy and performing arts areas such as Plot & Character Mapping, Diction & Projection, and Sequencing Narrative Beats, Acting, & Movement.