This show is on hiatus until fall of 2013. Check with us then for bookings!  
The R-Files 
For grades 4th - 8th

This play uses interactive crime-fighting humor to train young people in using refusal skills to combat peer pressure and maximize their personal power.

The Story
Agents Sulky and Moldy have arrived to help you stop the Secret Organization Undermining Personal Power (SOUPP), whose mission is to spread an epidemic illness preventing kids and adults from making healthy choices.  Along with Agents X and other mysterious characters, they recruit the audience to join the Secret Task Force Advocating Refusal Skills (STARS). The play uses interactive role playing and audience participation to stop SOUPP.

Educational Points
At the end of performance, students will be able to:

• Define “trouble behavior” for themselves
• Identify consequences of their behavior
• Come up with imaginative alternatives to trouble behavior
• Be empowered to resist peer pressure and say “no” to doing something they don’t want to do, while still keeping their friends

Included in the Program
The program runs about an hour and includes a question and answer session at the end of the performance.  We also offer Teaching Guides and Agent Handbooks for student/ recruits.   The program is recommended for upper elementary students through middle school.

Resources for Educators
-Click on File Name to Download-

• PDF- Educational Standards
• PDF- Teaching Guide
• PDF - Activity Book

Additional Links

• http://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/ToolsResources/DrinkRefusalSkills.asp
• http://www.cdconsults.com/refusalSkills.html

Included in the Program

The program runs about an hour and includes a question and answer session at the end of the performance. We also offer Teaching Guides and Agent Handbooks for student/ recruits. The program is recommended for upper elementary students through middle school.

Schedule this Performance

If you have questions about any of our programs, or would like to schedule a performance, please feel free to contact our Programs Coordinator at (301) 902-1210 or info@etpmidatlantic.org.
We fill up rapidly, so call us as soon as possible.

General Guidlines for Performances

How much time is needed?

• Approximately an hour and 1/2  to set up in the space
• This show runs about 60 minutes with a Q and A.
• Approximately an hour to clear out of the space
• Plan for approximately 3 and 1/2 hours in the space

What kind of space do we need?

• An indoor space, preferably at ground level or served by a freight elevator
• 30 x 30 performance space (this does not include the audience) on the floor or on a stage accessible without using stairs. (gyms and multi-purpose rooms work great)
• Space should have two working 110-volt outlets near the performance area

Where should the audience sit?

• Students sit cross-legged on the floor, on mats or in chairs

What else do we need?

• Nothing. You bring the audience and we will bring the rest. We provide our own sound system and lights if needed. Before we perform in a new space we do a site check to make sure everything will work out well. It takes about 10 minutes and we will take pictures of the space.