Kansas Alliance of Professional Historic Performers: Workshops

Historic Performance Workshops

In an atmosphere that takes history seriously while having fun doing "sneaky history," learn how to create a first person narrative of a historic figure or composite character.

Ride into History conducts

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workshops early in January and August each year. These workshops are for individuals who want to become historic performers. Workshops are customized to attendees' needs, but generally include how to choose a character, research the individual and the historical context, create a script, and perform in the first person, as well as a brief look at the nuts and bolts of marketing and contracts. The Kansas Alliance of Professional Historic Performers grew out of these workshops.

Ride takes workshops to organizations that want to develop staff or volunteer historic performance skills. The workshops also help staff better understand the role of costumed historic interpretation in public programming. Often grants are available to help fund this opportunity.

For more information: (620) 528-3580 ridehist@satelephone.com

This site was created in 2003 by the Kansas Alliance of Professional Historic Performers and Ride into History Cultural and Educational Project, Inc. with an Attraction Development Grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing Travel & Tourism Development Division

Original site concept and development by Danny C. Boyce Computer and Network Support and Consulting, Emporia Kansas

Significant revision by G R Dobbs 6/6/2007
retaining much of the original design concept