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Join teaching artist Steve Sneed and recite two pieces of poetry and monologues from plays "Streetlife" and "Peer Pressure," including exercises and examples of performers' choices when giving a cold reading or presentation. This lesson builds off of the warm-up techniques used in Mr. Sneed's prior video, The Actor's Warmup, and is great for learners of all ages, particularly youth grades 9-12.

The Creative Advantage Online Arts video series is created by The Creative Advantage in collaboration with teaching artists and organizations on our Community Arts Partner Roster, Seattle Public Schools, and production partners NFFTY / The Talented Youth, NW Film Forum, and Reel Grrls Pro. The Creative Advantage is a city-wide initiative to establish equitable access to arts education for each and every public school student, made possible through a public-private partnership with Seattle Public Schools, the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Seattle Foundation, and 100+ community arts partners and teaching artists.