HuckleBerry
Center for Creative Learning
Rebecca Oca-Nussbaum
Rebecca Oca-Nussbaum is a Los Angeles-native performer, teaching artist, and arts administrator. Her recent performance credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Last Call Theatre’s original immersive hit Love Game, and the World Premiere of Bernardo Cubría’s The Hispanic Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote. Rebecca is currently working to obtain her Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from California State University of Northridge. For the past few years, Rebecca has trained at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, studying under esteemed Company Director Ellen Geer. When she’s not onstage, Rebecca can be found in the classroom passing on her love for storytelling and live performance. As a teaching artist throughout the Los Angeles area and Director of Education & Marketing for the nonprofit theatre organization Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival, Rebecca uses her classical theatre training to cultivate play, safety, and engagement for all students.
Swords & Epic Battles
Homework: Students will also be asked to research upcoming assigned topics and bring in fun facts!
What was the Battle of Waterloo or the Siege of Orleans, Antioch or Constantinople all about? The French Revolution or Battle of Bouvines? Our world has an epic history of conflict. Let’s find out more as we travel back again this year into the past and explore all new conflicts, battles and stories in history. In this program, students will learn all about the all about the conflicts of the past while exploring stage combat with a combination of in-depth hand-to-hand and sword. Students will be invited to learn at home and bring in fun facts about the era or the assigned battle/war of that week. This program provides a safe, fun and supportive atmosphere where students will be encouraged to make bold and creative acting choices, while also developing new levels of personal confidence and ensemble skills. Emphasis will be placed on safety, physical fitness and teamwork. Students will get a healthy workout while incorporating history and acting into safe, fun combat lessons! This program lasts for an entire year of new conflicts in history, and as with our other classes, you can sign up for 1 or more of the sessions.