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IB Literature & Performance

Two students performing a scene in IB Literature and Performance

IB Literature & Performance is where stories step off the page and onto the stage. Instead of only writing essays about what you read, you’ll interpret literature through performance, movement, and voice as you create your own unique twist on poems, plays, and prose. It feels like an English class and a theatre class combined, giving you space to analyze deeply and bring ideas to life.

In this course, you’ll read a range of texts, explore layers of meaning, and experiment with how tone, gesture, and staging can change how an audience experiences a scene. Class time is highly interactive—discussion, journaling, and close reading sit alongside rehearsals, scene work, and collaborative performances. You’ll grow as both a critical thinker and a confident communicator.

IB Literature & Performance is perfect for students who enjoy reading, writing, acting, or simply trying something different from a “typical” English class. Whether you see yourself on a stage, in a seminar, or in any career that requires communication and creativity, this course builds confidence, presence, and insight—skills that last well beyond the final curtain.

Supportive Environment
A group of young people, some smiling and others posing, stand together in what appears to be a school hallway or corridor, with various signs and posters visible in the background.
Learning in Action
Students acting out literature
Keys to Success
The image shows a whiteboard with handwritten text listing various strategies and approaches, such as %22gather resources%22, %22scope opportunities%22, %22don't overthink%22, %22trial & error%22, %22taking risks%22, %22asking for help%22, %22contribution (unsaid/compromise)%22, and %22light, closeness, each other%22.