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2025

New York IB Workshop - DP Theatre

About this event

Join us for an immersive three-day IB DP Theatre workshop designed to deepen your understanding of theatre practice, pedagogy, and IB assessment. Led by expert theatre educators, this workshop provides hands-on exploration of key elements such as staging play texts, world theatre traditions, ensemble collaboration, and theatre theory.

This event features the following specific workshop category:

  • Category 1 & 2 (Combined)

This workshop takes place alongside our New York TAPS (Theatre and Performance Symposium), a vibrant event for DP Theatre students. It’s the perfect opportunity to bring your students with you—while they explore and perform, you’ll be connecting, learning, and recharging your teaching practice.

Why learn with ISTA?
ISTA is an officially accredited IB PD provider delivering high-quality IB DP Arts workshops worldwide. Unlike other PD providers, ISTA takes a uniquely practical, immersive approach, ensuring educators experience theatre and film in action rather than just discussing it in theory. Our workshops are dynamic, hands-on, and industry-informed, bridging creative practice with IB curriculum requirements. Led by IB-certified facilitators and working professionals, ISTA workshops provide experiential learning, real-world application, and a global network of IB educators, making them a transformative professional development experience.

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Sophie Galton
ISTA Event Manager
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Event Address

Ripley Grier Studios
United States

Fees

Participant Fees
ISTA Member: £915
Non-Member: £975

  • All prices are in GBP.
  • Fees include a printed teacher workbook, tickets for two professional performance(s), and attendance at a specialist workshop.
  • T-shirt (Optional): £20
  • Artistic information

  • Workshop Focus

    Category 1 & 2 (Combined) 

    • This combined workshop is ideal for both teachers new to IB DP Theatre and those with some experience looking to deepen their practice.
    • Together, we’ll explore the philosophy and structure of the IB, unpack the core components of the DP Theatre course, and examine effective strategies for assessment, curriculum planning, and student engagement.
    • Whether you’re laying solid foundations or refining your teaching approach, this workshop offers a collaborative space to build confidence, share ideas, and strengthen your understanding of the course in action.
    • Please note: While this workshop is delivered as a combined session, your certificate will be issued in either Category 1 or Category 2, depending on the workshop you choose when registering.
  • Why learning with ISTA online'

  • About The Workshop Leader

  • Booking & Registration

    IB Workshop bookings are made via our online registration form.

    To complete your booking:

    • Provide key participant and school details, including your name, contact information, dietary or accessibility needs, and whether you’re an ISTA member.
    • Select the appropriate workshop category (Category 1, 2, or 3), and share your IB teaching experience.
    • Confirm your agreement to ISTA’s Terms & Conditions, including media consent and account creation.
    • Once submitted, your booking details are saved and automatically shared with event organisers to ensure a smooth experience.
  • Travel, Visas & Accommodation

    • Arrival: Plan to arrive in New York by the evening of Wednesday 15 October 2025
    • Departure: Do not plan to leave  Ripley Grier Studios before 12:30pm on Saturday, 18 October 2025.
    • Visas:  Participants are responsible for obtaining any necessary visas to enter the United States.
    • Need visa support? Contact your Event Manager.

    Accommodation

    • Participants must book and pay their own accommodation

    Please note: The IB requires participants to attend all sessions on all days in order to receive their certificate of completion. If you have an unavoidable scheduling conflict, please contact the Event Manager prior to the start of the workshop.

  • Payment Process

    • Any bookings or amendments taken in the six weeks prior to the workshop will incur an additional GBP £50 late booking/amendment surcharge, subject to availability.
    • Once booked and invoiced the registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable as per event terms and conditions.
    • Please note: Late registrants will not be able to order a t-shirt.
  • Schedule & Specialist Workshop

    Workshop Schedule 

    • Start: 9:00am Thursday 16 October 2025
    • End: 12:30pm Saturday 18 October 2025

    🎭 Specialist Workshop
    All participants will engage in one specialist workshop led by an industry expert.

  • Schedule & Educator workshops

    Workshop Schedule 

    • Start: 9:00am Thursday 16 October 2025
    • End: 12:30pm Saturday 18 October 2025

    🎭 Specialist Workshop
    All participants will engage in one specialist workshop led by an industry expert.

  • 🎟️ Performance 1 - Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    October 16th 2025 7:00pm

    Marquis Theatre in the heart of Times Square at 210 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

    Link to the show website - here

    About the show:

    "THE MOST NOMINATED PLAY OF THE SEASON"

    19 Tony Award®, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Nominations.

    Broadway just got turned Upside Down. Critics hail STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW as “a jaw-dropping, must-see theatrical marvel” (Entertainment Weekly) that makes you ask “how the hell did they do this?” (The New York Times) over and over again. From Netflix and multi-award-winning Broadway producer Sonia Friedman Productions, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry alongside Justin Martin, this pulse-racing new adventure will take you on “a non-stop thrill ride!” (Deadline)

    Are monsters born… or made?

    In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start — especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Everything changes when he meets Patty, a fellow outsider, and their budding romance gives Henry hope for the first time. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him? This gripping stand-alone adventure will pull you deep into the world of STRANGER THINGS—where suspense and spectacle lurk at every turn.

    🎟️ Performance 2 - Punch - written by James Graham and directed by Adam Penford

    October 17th 2025 7:00pm

    Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 261 West 47th Street

    (between Broadway & 8th Ave.)

    Link to the show website - here

    About the show:

    As Jacob tears through Nottingham in a whirlwind of drugs, girls, and bar fights, he makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his actions and build a new life, he finds an unusual source of salvation: the parents of the boy he killed. Based on a remarkable true story, Punch is two-time Olivier winner James Graham (INK)’s “most moving work yet” (The Times of London).

    This production is dedicated to James Hodgkinson and all victims of one-punch.

    In association with Nottingham Playhouse.

    Major support for Punch is provided by Ned Lustbader.

  • Live Performance

    🎟️ Performance 1 - Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    October 16th 2025 7:00pm

    Marquis Theatre in the heart of Times Square at 210 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

    Link to the show website - here

    About the show:

    "THE MOST NOMINATED PLAY OF THE SEASON"

    19 Tony Award®, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Nominations.

    Broadway just got turned Upside Down. Critics hail STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW as “a jaw-dropping, must-see theatrical marvel” (Entertainment Weekly) that makes you ask “how the hell did they do this?” (The New York Times) over and over again. From Netflix and multi-award-winning Broadway producer Sonia Friedman Productions, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry alongside Justin Martin, this pulse-racing new adventure will take you on “a non-stop thrill ride!” (Deadline)

    Are monsters born… or made?

    In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start — especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Everything changes when he meets Patty, a fellow outsider, and their budding romance gives Henry hope for the first time. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him? This gripping stand-alone adventure will pull you deep into the world of STRANGER THINGS—where suspense and spectacle lurk at every turn.

    🎟️ Performance 2 - Punch - written by James Graham and directed by Adam Penford

    October 17th 2025 7:00pm

    Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 261 West 47th Street

    (between Broadway & 8th Ave.)

    Link to the show website - here

    About the show:

    As Jacob tears through Nottingham in a whirlwind of drugs, girls, and bar fights, he makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his actions and build a new life, he finds an unusual source of salvation: the parents of the boy he killed. Based on a remarkable true story, Punch is two-time Olivier winner James Graham (INK)’s “most moving work yet” (The Times of London).

    This production is dedicated to James Hodgkinson and all victims of one-punch.

    In association with Nottingham Playhouse.

    Major support for Punch is provided by Ned Lustbader.

  • Event Materials

    📄 E-Programme: Sent to participants two weeks before the event, containing schedules, artist bios, and workshop details.

  • Meals & Refeshments

    🍏 Participants are responsible for arranging their own meals and refreshments at this event.

  • Young Creative Leadership Programme

  • What to bring to set

    ✔️ For Theatre Participants:

    • Comfortable, movement-friendly clothing
    • Notebook & pen for reflections
    • Theatre attire for live performances

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