Barry Stewart Mann

Barry Stewart Mann, MFA, is a professional actor, storyteller, writer and teaching artist based in Atlanta and working regionally, nationally, and internationally. He offers curriculum-based storytelling assembly programs, arts-integrated workshops and residencies, and professional development experiences for educators in drama, storytelling, and arts integration.

A World of Stories

AudienceChildren
Delivery MethodHybrid Live & Indoors Live & Online Live & Outdoors Recorded & Online
Storytelling: An assembly program of folklore from around the world brought to life in vivid, interactive retellings, selected for grade level, curriculum connections, school themes, and student population. Programs can include: bilingual stories – Spanish/English; topical historical and personal narratives; and STEM-focused folklore. Depending on public safety concerns, programs can also be delivered virtually, either prerecorded or livestreamed via the presenter's preferred platform.

Explorations into Drama and Storytelling

AudienceChildren
Delivery MethodHybrid Live & Indoors Live & Online Live & Outdoors Recorded & Online
Storytelling and Theatre: Customized drama and storytelling workshops and residencies exploring any aspect of curriculum – including STEM – using such strategies as theatre games, improvisation, process drama, readers theatre, playwriting, and theatrical production. Available established workshops/ residencies include "The Great Depression Experience" (5th Grade) and "Dinner at the Periodic Table" (8th). Adaptable for virtual delivery via prerecorded videos and videoconference sessions.

Curriculum-Based Theatrical Storytelling Programs

AudienceChildren
Delivery MethodHybrid Live & Indoors Live & Online Live & Outdoors Recorded & Online
Storytelling and Theatre: Lively, interactive assembly presentations, including standards-focused programs about Phonics, Cherokee leaders and lore, Greek Mythology, Shakespeare's plays, Inventors, Explorers, and historical figures including Jimmy Carter, Cesar Chavez, and Lyndon Johnson, as well as programs of stories, songs and poems about insects, sports, the arts, and space exploration. Programs can also be delivered virtually, either recorded or live via the presenter's preferred platform.