2024 SUMMER YOUTH WORKSHOP
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
2024 Music & Songwriting Workshop:
JULY 29th - AUGUST 3rd
What is the Music & Songwriting Workshop?
Over the course of one week, the workshop participants (ages 8 - 12yrs old) will create a live music production made up of their original songs culminating in one final public performance. They will build their ideas in song journals, in the moment collaboration and create a live music concert that is always filled with spectacularly heartfelt performances of their original songs that connect with audiences of all ages.
The youth participants will work with the musical director and visiting teaching artists to explore songwriting, music performance, music production, co-writing, sound design, and how to build a song for musical theater. Each student will have the opportunity to create a solo or a group piece - their focus can consist of songwriting, musical theater, instrumental performance, vocal performance, theatrical performance, or backstage/production management.
Musical Director: Megan Lui
Age Range: 8 (as of fall 2024) to 12 yrs old
*only 15 spaces available*
Workshop Fee: $300
WORKSHOP DATES:
Week: July 29th - August 2nd
PERFORMANCE: Saturday, August 3rd @ 11am *Participants need to be onsite at 10am*
Monday - Friday: Drop off: 9am Pick up: 3pm
IMPORTANT DATES:
A Deposit of $150 is due for this workshop by May 31st 2024 to secure your child's spot in the workshop
2024 Make A Play Workshop:
AUGUST 5th - AUGUST 17th
What is Make-A-Play?
Over the course of two weeks, youth workshop participants (ages 6 - 12yrs old) program will create a a play from start to finish and produce one final Performance on the stage of Phoenicia Playhouse. This type of work is a mixture of devised and applied theater where the student actors learn interactive storytelling and physical literacy. It is an extraordinary effort by the Participants involved, and works on the immensely important life skills of collaboration, problem solving, compromise and learning all the aspects of how to create a multimedia production from start to finish. This type of program is designed to give a voice to what the students are currently learning in school and how they feel and see the world around them. We build our play off of their original thoughts, characters and dialogue which then gets turned into a script and performed for their community. This type of story building leads us down many paths of possible outcomes, but together the student actors use practical and creative ways to grow their story and production together. This youth community program helps to promote social emotional learning, creative problem solving, and group collaboration.
Director: Megan Lui
Age Range: 6 - 12 yrs old
*only 15 spaces available*
Workshop Fee: $600
WORKSHOP DATES:
Week 1: August 5th - 9th
Week 2: August 12th - 16th
Final Performance: Saturday, August 17th @ 11am
*Participants need to be onsite from 10am - 12:30pm the day of the performance
Monday - Friday: Drop off: 9am Pick up: 3pm
**PLEASE NOTE**:
Sign up is for the full two weeks. We ask that you are able to commit fully to daily workshop rehearsals and the final performance so that we can create and perform this devised piece of theater as an ensemble.
IMPORTANT DATES:
A Deposit of $250 is due for this workshop by May 31st 2024 to secure your child's spot in the workshop
Questions about registration? Please reach out to manager@phoeniciaplayhouse.com
2024 PYT Intern Application
(UNPAID INTERNSHIP)
*Those applying must be between 13 and 18 yrs old*
Intern Role & Expectations:
You will work closely with the Director and other Teaching Artists to help the workshop students create a play and or music production from start to finish. You will gain hands-on experience of everything that goes into creating a theatrical and music production and learn the ins and outs of how a theater runs. You will help to guide students with art direction, set design & building, costume design, backstage management, join in on theater and outdoor games, help with art projects, and must love working with younger kids on collaboration based projects. Working with the workshop students on collaboration through art is full on but so rewarding. You will be weaving their creative ideas into yours and into a piece that everyone can feel proud of, inspired by, and invested in. At the end of the workshop the playhouse will provide you with a certificate of appreciation for your hard work to help build your resume!
Required on site from 9am - 3pm on your scheduled work days
Responsible for helping maintain the playhouse and general cleanliness of theater
Must love working with ages 6 - 12
Help in general "classroom" management of students
Be able to lift 30 pounds
This is an unpaid internship but comes with a certificate of appreciation and recognition of your work for use on your future resume that will be awarded at the end of the workshop!
MISSION STATEMENT:
This type of work is a mixture of devised and applied theater where we teach interactive storytelling and physical literacy for school-aged children. It is a massive effort by the students involved, and works on the immensely important life skills of collaboration, problem solving, compromise, and generating something from nothing. This type of program is designed to give a voice to what the students are currently learning in school and how they feel and see the world around them. We build our play off of their original thoughts, characters, and dialog which then gets turned into a script and performed for their community. This type of story building leads us down many paths of possible outcomes!
LOCATION:
Phoenicia Playhouse
10 Church St, Phoenicia, NY 12464
(845) 688-2279
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