American Theatre Wing (NYC
CALLING HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE KIDS! If you love theatre design but aren’t quite sure where you fit in and are from a historically underrepresented population, apply to #SpringboardtoDesign, a one-week FREE summer program that explores the field of American theatre design! Applications are now open! Apply here: http://bit.ly/3Y7wE52
Boston University Summer Theatre Institute
APPLY: Just in! Boston University Summer Theatre Institute (BUSTI) has officially extended its application deadline for high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors to April 17!
What's BUSTI? The five-week pre-college experience for high school theatre artists is designed to mirror the first-year BFA experience within the Boston University CFA School of Theatre. The program, which runs this year from July 2-August 5, offers courses in acting, design, theatre for social change, movement, audition, and rehearsal techniques. Students also participate in immersive theatre workshops and create an original piece of theatre.
The program holds space for healing, exploration, dialogue, and adventurous play, celebrating theatre artists' individual journeys and working together to answer the question: How will we become the artists the world needs today?
Learn more about BUSTI! http://spr.ly/61833hbMt
What's BUSTI? The five-week pre-college experience for high school theatre artists is designed to mirror the first-year BFA experience within the Boston University CFA School of Theatre. The program, which runs this year from July 2-August 5, offers courses in acting, design, theatre for social change, movement, audition, and rehearsal techniques. Students also participate in immersive theatre workshops and create an original piece of theatre.
The program holds space for healing, exploration, dialogue, and adventurous play, celebrating theatre artists' individual journeys and working together to answer the question: How will we become the artists the world needs today?
Learn more about BUSTI! http://spr.ly/61833hbMt
Camp Broaday for Boy Scouts (NY)
Camp Broadway for Boy Scouts, open to girls and boys 11-17 (6th-12th grade), August 2023, Brant Lake, NY.
BSA membership is not required (non-scouts are welcome!).
https://www.ghvbsa.org/broadway...
BSA membership is not required (non-scouts are welcome!).
https://www.ghvbsa.org/broadway...
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
The Theatre School at DePaul University
https://theatre.depaul.edu/.../summer.../Pages/default.aspx
https://theatre.depaul.edu/.../summer.../Pages/default.aspx
Emerson College (Boston, MA)
Emerson Pre-College Design/Technology for Stage & Screen
Rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders
Stage Design/Musical Theatre/ Acting/ Digital Film introduces you to the rigors of Emerson's nationally renowned undergraduate BFA training program. The five-week program, eligible for four college credits, focuses on technique-based training in skill development, which emphasizes process. The priority is not on performance or production, but on the fundamentals, vocabulary and discipline of the craft. Preparation for college admission auditions will also be addressed.
Rolling admission
https://emerson.edu/.../pre.../designtechnology-stage-screen
Rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders
Stage Design/Musical Theatre/ Acting/ Digital Film introduces you to the rigors of Emerson's nationally renowned undergraduate BFA training program. The five-week program, eligible for four college credits, focuses on technique-based training in skill development, which emphasizes process. The priority is not on performance or production, but on the fundamentals, vocabulary and discipline of the craft. Preparation for college admission auditions will also be addressed.
Rolling admission
https://emerson.edu/.../pre.../designtechnology-stage-screen
Ghostlight Theater Camp (ME)
Theater camp in a more “summer camp-like” environment.
Open to ages 9 - 17; three and six week options.
Also check out the Work With Us section for college student (and beyond) summer job opportunities.
https://ghostlighttheatercamp.com/
Open to ages 9 - 17; three and six week options.
Also check out the Work With Us section for college student (and beyond) summer job opportunities.
https://ghostlighttheatercamp.com/
Indiana University
Open to High School Students -- it looks like the Design and Tech Creation division may be a new addition in 2023 (the sample schedule link is "under construction" as of 1/9/23).
https://theatre.indiana.edu/.../midsummer-theatre.html
There is also a High School Production Intern Program for ages 15 and up who live locally (non-residential): https://theatre.indiana.edu/.../high.../internship.html
https://theatre.indiana.edu/.../midsummer-theatre.html
There is also a High School Production Intern Program for ages 15 and up who live locally (non-residential): https://theatre.indiana.edu/.../high.../internship.html
Interlochen Center for the Arts (MI)
Summer Program for High School Students (6 weeks approx $10,000) (3 weeks approx $6,700)
Theatre Design & Production
Acting
Costume
Song Writing
Stagemanagement
Open to high school students; two sessions
Priority Application Deadline is January 15th
Theatre Design & Production
Acting
Costume
Song Writing
Stagemanagement
Open to high school students; two sessions
Priority Application Deadline is January 15th
Ithaca Musical Theatre
Ithaca Musical Theatre - Acting and Musical Theatre summer programs by audition only. You can send in tapes, dvds or youtube videos.
Juilliard Summer School
Juilliard Summer School, NYC - Due to ongoing construction at Juilliard, the Complete Choral Musician and the Dalcroze Institute will not be offered in 2009. The Summer Dance Intensive, Summer Percussion Seminar, Interpreting for the Theater Institute, and the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, will take place as scheduled.
Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles)
Loyola Marymount Design for Stage and Screen
Open to rising juniors and seniors in HS
Priority application deadline is March 15.
https://summer.lmu.edu/.../designforstageandscreen/...
Open to rising juniors and seniors in HS
Priority application deadline is March 15.
https://summer.lmu.edu/.../designforstageandscreen/...
Northwestern University (IL)
Northwestern National High School Institute (Jan 1 early admin or March 1 gener admin)
The Musical Theatre tuition includes both the 5-week Theatre Arts Program and a 2-week Musical Theatre Extension. Design/Tech students may also apply for the full 7-weeks and will stage manage one of the 5-week productions as well as one of the musical theatre showcases.
https://nhsi.northwestern.edu/theatre-arts-division-2/
The Musical Theatre tuition includes both the 5-week Theatre Arts Program and a 2-week Musical Theatre Extension. Design/Tech students may also apply for the full 7-weeks and will stage manage one of the 5-week productions as well as one of the musical theatre showcases.
https://nhsi.northwestern.edu/theatre-arts-division-2/
NYU Tisch Summer HS Residential Program (NYC)
Tisch Summer High School Production and Design Workshop
Acting
Dance
The summer drama program includes 28 hours per week of conservatory training in one of four more specified training programs and a seminar on the profession of performance.
Open to current HS sophomores and juniors. (6 weeks approx $14,000)
Admission application opens August 1, and the deadline is in early January.
https://tisch.nyu.edu/.../drama--production-and-design...
Acting
Dance
The summer drama program includes 28 hours per week of conservatory training in one of four more specified training programs and a seminar on the profession of performance.
Open to current HS sophomores and juniors. (6 weeks approx $14,000)
Admission application opens August 1, and the deadline is in early January.
https://tisch.nyu.edu/.../drama--production-and-design...
School of Creative and Performing Arts
SOCAPA — summer filmmaking camp intensives (also photography, dance, music, and acting) in Manhattan, Los Angeles, and Burlington, VT, ages 14-17 and 15-18.
www.socapa.org
www.socapa.org
SSTI (Hilton Head, SC)
Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute
Current 8th - 12th grade students
Two one-month sessions. “Early Admission” application due in December or January (exact deadline will be on the application website!); regular deadline in early March.
https://www.summertheatreinstitute.com/technical-theatre...
Current 8th - 12th grade students
Two one-month sessions. “Early Admission” application due in December or January (exact deadline will be on the application website!); regular deadline in early March.
https://www.summertheatreinstitute.com/technical-theatre...
Temple University (PA)
Temple University School of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts summer programs for HS students
https://tfma.temple.edu/events/workshop-and-intensives
https://tfma.temple.edu/events/workshop-and-intensives
Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Two weeks, residential, open to high school students
Registration deadline is May 15th (Application opens in January)
https://www.theatreanddance.txst.edu/.../texas-state...
Registration deadline is May 15th (Application opens in January)
https://www.theatreanddance.txst.edu/.../texas-state...
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Texas A&M Corpus Christi - It’s a theatre camp that teaches more than acting, lighting, props and costume design – it’s an immersive experience promoting creativity, comradery and healthy competition.
UCLA Costume
UCLA Design Innovation Summer Institute - Costume
Ages 14 - 20 (HS and College students)
Application opens February 15th
https://summer.ucla.edu/.../costume-design-summer-institute/
Ages 14 - 20 (HS and College students)
Application opens February 15th
https://summer.ucla.edu/.../costume-design-summer-institute/
UCLA Stage Management
UCLA Summer Institute (approx $4500)
Stage Management
Scenic Design
Costume
Lighting/Sound
So many more - go to their web site and look around
Ages 15 - 22
Application opens February 15 deadline line May 30
Stage Management
Scenic Design
Costume
Lighting/Sound
So many more - go to their web site and look around
Ages 15 - 22
Application opens February 15 deadline line May 30
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
University of Michigan MPulse
MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institutes on the Ann Arbor campus, inspire students to exciting new levels of excellence in music performance, music technology, musical theatre, theatre, and dance. Sessions are designed for students who are considering studying these areas in college. Participants work with distinguished University of Michigan faculty and alumni while experiencing campus life in Ann Arbor.
Design & Production Track NEW in 2022
https://smtd.umich.edu/.../mpulse/theatre-drama-academy/
MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institutes on the Ann Arbor campus, inspire students to exciting new levels of excellence in music performance, music technology, musical theatre, theatre, and dance. Sessions are designed for students who are considering studying these areas in college. Participants work with distinguished University of Michigan faculty and alumni while experiencing campus life in Ann Arbor.
Design & Production Track NEW in 2022
https://smtd.umich.edu/.../mpulse/theatre-drama-academy/
University of North Caroline School of the Arts
University of North Carolina School of the Arts - music, drama, film making, dance, combat, visual arts, composition, piano - application process starts January through April 1. Don't Wait!!!!! Faculty members of UNCSA’s internationally renowned School of Drama, along with distinguished guest artists, are the faculty in this summer intensive, which emphasizes the process that leads to excellent performance. The school’s multi-disciplinary approach to training for the stage, film and television carries over to the summer intensive. Here, young acting students – rising high school sophomores and up – will spend their days focused on fundamentals of the craft – acting, dance and singing. No previous experience is required, just the passion and persistence for a serious engagement with actor training in a conservatory environment.
Weston Summer Theater (local)
Weston Summer Theater - Middle School (5-9th) and High School
(2024 Registration Opens in August 2023)
(2024 Registration Opens in August 2023)
Yale (New Haven, CT)
Directing for high school graduates and college students
https://summer.yale.edu/courses.../10-day-directing-workshop
https://summer.yale.edu/courses.../10-day-directing-workshop
Theatre Engineering Program at Purdue
"Outside the BFA box" program: Adding this, for future reference. Click the link to see the helpful discussion.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/284639186361546/permalink/790911319067661/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/284639186361546/permalink/790911319067661/
Carnegie Mellon
Acting, Singing, Dance, Scene painting, Design, Lighting, Sound, Technical Production, Costumes, playwriting, directing etc. - application process starts now through March 1. Don't wait!!!
https://www.drama.cmu.edu/programs/summer-pre-college/
https://www.drama.cmu.edu/programs/summer-pre-college/
https://www.cmu.edu/interdisciplinary/programs/index.html?fbclid=IwAR31eoeqsSBx_xwaz1Dlo4IHZSh6aCQQKHZNXrKI5-RUHdHqi_NIIL6K-14
Roundabout Theatre Company (NYC)
Alternative (not college) paid training program in NYC at Roundabout Theatre:
Having partnered with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E), Roundabout Theatre Company has delivered this new alternative to training behind-the-scenes theatre technicians.
Established in 2016, this program has changed the landscape of technical theatre training. Our participants, ranging from 18-24 years old, will work hands-on in four disciplines while training with some of the industry’s top working professionals.
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/.../theatrical.../...
Having partnered with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E), Roundabout Theatre Company has delivered this new alternative to training behind-the-scenes theatre technicians.
Established in 2016, this program has changed the landscape of technical theatre training. Our participants, ranging from 18-24 years old, will work hands-on in four disciplines while training with some of the industry’s top working professionals.
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/.../theatrical.../...