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.
Shakespeare Storytime
William Shakespeare is considered to be the world’s greatest dramatist. His Tragedies, Comedies and Histories are full of kings, queens, fairies, tricks and are SO MUCH FUN!! We have been offering Shakespeare Performance Programs for children as young as 4 for over 22 years. We make Shakespeare accessible and inclusive. In this program, we will learn, discuss and explore some of his 36 plays. We will be learning ALL NEW stories with different selections than what we covered last year. THEN, using fun active theatre exercises we will PHYSICALLY explore these great stories, characters and themes. 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, finding their voice and ensemble skills while learning this great story. We’ll bring it all together as we prepare for a short presentation of some of his characters and scenes during our last class for friends and family.