Welcome to NEYT’s Summer of Fabulous Theatre Programs: 2010 Schedule
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There is something here for youth of all ages and all interests. Learn to act, clown, juggle, ride a unicycle, perform Shakespeare, sing and dance in a Broadway-style show, learn new skills, and make new friends at one of the Northeast’s premiere theatre schools. Each program is staffed by professional teachers and directors and most programs conclude with performances. Sign up immediately because, historically, these camps fill up very, very quickly.
You can print the registration form at home and send it to (or drop it by) the office. If you have trouble downloading this PDF, either try another browser or call the office and ask for a copy to be mailed to you. Financial aid forms will also be available in the office; speak with our registrar. Michelle, if you have any questions.
#1 Melodrama, Ages 9-11
Directors: Jane Baker with NEYT Alumni Sean Fitzharris, and others
This is a high voltage program–a laugh-riot, action-packed, full-bodied play-acting experience. Melodrama is a theatrical melting pot spiced up with jokes, songs and clown bits. Expect larger than life characters, exciting action, twisting and turning plots, lots of funny effects, running gags, and slapstick against cartoon-like sets and costumes. We’ll produce a full-blown play in two weeks and you’ll learn the basic skills and techniques you need to be a confident and powerful performer who can play the hero, the villain, the sophisticate or the low-life.
Dates: July 19-30
Time: (Mon-Fri) 9:00am- 3:30pm
Performance dates: July 30- Aug. 1
Place: New England Youth Theatre
Tuition: $385
#2 Melodrama, Ages 12-16
Directors: Jane Baker, Rosa Palmeri, Sean Fitzharris, Andrew Marchev
This is Melodrama for older kids, with more lines, more detail, and more complicated gags requiring verbal, physical and musical skills. We will produce a play in two weeks, so get ready to leap into the bliss of total knuckle-biting drama and unashamedly dumb jokes! It will be a wild and hilarious acting experience that helps you develop the skills needed for confident and powerful performing.
Dates:June 21- July 2
Time: (Mon-Fri) 9:00am-3:30pm
Performance dates: Fri & Sun, July 2 & 3
Place: New England Youth Theatre
Tuition: $385
#3 Junior Shakespeare, Ages 12-16
Directors: David Vann from the Birmingham School of Acting in England, and NEYT's Peter Gould.
This camp gives every actor the chance to rehearse and play some of the deepest and funniest characters from Shakespeare’s most-loved works. This summer will focus on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and all participants will study the text, sharing roles and responsibilities. Vocal, verbal, and physical action games, as well as monologue, duet and group scene work will prepare you to become comfortable and expressive with Shakespeare’s words. Find a new passion for acting, a joyous appreciation for the Bard, and great friendships at NEYT! Sign up early because space is limited.
Dates: July 5-16
Time: (Mon-Fri) 9:00am-3:30pm
Presentation date: July 16-17, for friends and family
Place: New England Youth Theatre
Tuition: $385
#4 Senior Shakespeare Program, Ages 14-19
Directors: Keely Eastley and Harry Poster
This summer’s fully-staged production is CYMBELINE. Acceptance is by audition.
Picture an ensemble of young adults hurling themselves into riotous action, colorful characters, glorious language and a bond of friendship that lasts a lifetime. The NEYT Senior Shakespeare program draws high school students from around the region due to the superlative quality of both the instruction and the performances. Actors get to experience the kind of training found at theatre conservatories and university programs right here at our very own “Globe”. NEYT faculty is happy to assist you and answer your questions before audition time.
AUDITION DATE: APRIL 27, 4 - 6 pm at NEYT
Each student is to present only one passage from Shakespeare's plays, approximately 20 lines long. Be sure to research the words in your text that you are unsure of and learn the piece by heart. Know what you are saying and why. Know who you are and where you are and to whom you are speaking. (You will most likely be asked to discuss this at the audition, so really get to know the circumstances of your piece.) Look at the text with an eye towards what your character wants. Be bold. Dive in. Play with all the passion and clarity you can. Have fun!!
* Sign up (via e-mail michelle@neyt.org or phone
Michelle at 802-246-6398 ext. 101)
Dates: June 21- July 9
Time: (Mon-Fri) 9:00am-4:00pm.
Performance Date: July 9-11
Place: New England Youth Theatre
Tuition: $495
#5 Drama and Dress-Up Ages 4 & 5
Director: NEYT Faculty member Julianne Kaplan, and assistants
A rack of wild clothes, a box of silly props and a dramatic story each day to use as a springboard for imaginative and supported play for youngsters. Indoor and outdoor fun, singing and dancing. Your child’s first step into the NEYT family. Space for this camp is limited.
Dates: July 12-16
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Place: NEYT
Tuition: $225
#6 Page to Stage Ages 6 & 7
Directors: Elementary Educator Maureen Ward, and assistants
Page to Stage is a place for maturing youngsters to build a deeper connection with the theatre by exploring the creation of character, script, scenery and costume with a seasoned elementary age teacher. Space for this camp is limited.
Dates: July 12-16
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Place: NEYT
Tuition: $225
#7 Leap into Acting, Ages 8-11
Directors: Dory Hamm and Matt Tibbs
This program blends acting games with effective voice and physical training. Children are introduced to the magic of theatre along with the rhythms and rhymes of our amazing English language. Here, kids will explore characters, poetry, singing, dancing and clowning, and, as always in this program, be grinning from ear to ear while wishing to stay and play all night. Sign up early because space for this camp is limited.
Dates: August 2-6
Time: 9:00am-12:00 pm
Place: NEYT
Tuition: $225
#8 Musical Theatre, Ages 12-19
Director: NEYT's founding director Stephen Stearns with alumni Nick Bombicino, Louisa Sullivan & Shoshi Bass
The Musical Theatre program production is Pajama Game. Acceptance into this show is by audition. This program offers the best local training possible in the art of musical theatre acting, singing, and dancing. Actors will get voice and dance instruction as well as scene study and character development training. The program concludes with numerous live performances.
AUDITION DATES MARCH 31, 4 - 6 pm at NEYT
The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cent raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.
A perennial audience favorite, the original Broadway production of Pajama Game opened on May 13, 1954 and ran for 1,063 performances. It was revived in 1973, and again in 2006 by The Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway. The original production won a Tony for Best Musical, and the 2006 Broadway revival won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
* Sign up (via e-mail michelle@neyt.org or phone
Michelle at 802-246-6398 ext. 101)
Please prepare 16 bars of a ballad song and 16 bars of an up tempo "belt" type song from the musical theatre repertoire. Remember to act while singing! And bring your sheet music with you. Dress in comfortable clothing as there will be a short sequence of dance steps for everyone to learn together. (Pajama Game has lots of dancing and lots of big chorus dance numbers.) We will ask you to read short scenes from the play with other actors - you may choose which character(s) you want to read for. Reading selections will be copied and available in the office for you to take home to review and study before the audition date. Auditions will run from 4:00 to 6:00 and we expect everyone to come at the start and stay until the end as we will be doing some call backs right then and there and want to mix and match actors within various scenes.
Dates: July 19- August 6
Time: (Mon-Fri) 9:00am-3:30pm
Performance dates: August 6-8, August 11-14
Place: New England Youth Theatre
Tuition: $495
#9 Circus Minimus, Ages 7-13
Director: Circus Minimus Founder Kevin O’Keefe.
We know you’re a kid who wants to run away and join the circus, to learn all the tricks of the jugglers, clowns and wirewalkers! At Circus Minimus you’ll find fabulous toys to play with: mats to tumble on, balls to roll, unicycles to ride, plates and poi to spin, rings to toss, flags to wave, stilts to walk upon and all kinds of wild and wacky clothes to wear! Every day will be a new adventure and the show at program’s end is utterly thrilling. So don’t wait–sign up now for the greatest time of your life; we want you in the act!
Dates: July 7-July 16
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm.
Performance date: July 17 and 18
Place: Academy School
Tuition: $385
#10 Intro to Technical Theatre, Ages 12-19
Director: NEYT Technical Director Rick Barron and NEYT Lighting Designer Jerry Stockman.
The Technical Theatre Program at NEYT dovetails with our
productions so that practical skills are developed through real experience. Depending on the show and the requirements of the
directors, this can involve design, construction, painting, and installing of sets, individual set elements, backdrops, etc. Also included are the hanging and focusing of lights, the running of light and soundboards for shows, and occasional stagehand work during performances. Days and times of the course vary by production, depending on the rehearsal schedule.
Please contact the NEYT office for more details of this exciting new program.
Tuition dependent on schedule. Runs concurrently with NEYT Summer Theatre Program productions
Theatre Adventure Program (TAP), Ages 7 & up
Directors: Laura Lawson Tucker and Darlene Jenson.
TAP is a theatre arts class for students who have disabilities, and a few typically developing peers. Each class includes theatre exercises and activities to support the development of acting skills as well as creating a positive social experience. On the final day, acting skills are showcased in a performance shaped by the students’ original ideas and interests.
#11 TAP Session 1
Dates: June 21-July 2
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm.
Performance date: July 1 and 3
Place: Green Street School
Tuition: $250
#12 TAP Session 2
Dates: August 2-August 13
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Performance date: August 13
Place: Green Street School
Tuition: $250