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  • 1.  Summer Theater seminars for HS students

    Posted 01-17-2019 22:55
    What are the summer theater programs you recommend to your students? I have two students who want to major in acting in college - and they're both very talented. I'd love to suggest a few great programs that will really inspire them and hone their skills. We're in Los Angeles area, but I think they'd both be open to traveling.

    Thanks!
    Arden

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    Arden Thomas
    Sequoyah High School
    Pasadena CA
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  • 2.  RE: Summer Theater seminars for HS students

    Posted 01-18-2019 07:58
    http://www.youngartistsamerica.org/summer/

    Fantastic 2-week sleep over Intensive.

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    Garry Tiller
    Theatre Arts Teaching Artist
    Sidwell Friends
    Washington, DC
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  • 3.  RE: Summer Theater seminars for HS students

    Posted 01-18-2019 08:12
    My summers at California State Summer School for the Arts (https://www.csssa.ca.gov/) were life-changing.  This is a prestigious, Governor's-school type program where students who are accepted are designated as California Arts Scholars.  It is very training and process-based vs. many summer programs that focus on producing a play. The students are from diverse backgrounds all around the state and they have the opportunity to meet, live with and create art artists of all disciplines.  It looks good on a college resume and students receive college credit through the CSU system.  It has changed a little in the past 20 years since I attended, but the essence of the program is the same.

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    Elana Kepner
    Theatre Instructor
    The Oakwood School
    Greenville NC
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  • 4.  RE: Summer Theater seminars for HS students

    Posted 01-18-2019 10:23
    If they are open to travel, my son has gone to Broadway Artist Alliance for the past 2 summers. I also have students that have gone. They’ve had great experiences. Last summer they even helped my son get an internship with a costume designer. He was in camp until 5 and then went to her workshop. It was been great for networking and making those important connections in the business.

    Myndee Washington
    Drama and Music Teacher
    Union Park Charter Academy

    Sent from my iPad


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  • 5.  RE: Summer Theater seminars for HS students

    Posted 01-18-2019 12:10
    Here is a list I've come up with, with input from fellow teachers:

    USC Summer Theater Institute
    https://summerprograms.usc.edu/programs/4-week/acting/


    UCLA Acting and Performance Summer Institute
    https://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/ActingandPerformance


    National High School Institute
    Northwestern University's Evanston campus
    Northwestern's Cherubs program is, and has been, excellent forever:
    https://nhsi.northwestern.edu/theatre-arts-division/


    Berridge Programs in Normandy, France
    For students who might benefit from a really warm, loving, but also excellent environment, AND one in France, many students have had life-changing, confidence building experiences at this program:
    https://www.berridgeprograms.com/


    MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institute
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    https://smtd.umich.edu/programs-degrees/youth-adult-programs/youth-programs/mpulse/
    For musical theater, MPulse at Michigan is excellent, but very selective.


    Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Theater Conservatory
    https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-college-drama
    Carnegie Mellon runs excellent programs

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    Arden Thomas
    Sequoyah High School
    Pasadena CA
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  • 6.  RE: Summer Theater seminars for HS students

    Posted 01-21-2019 12:43
    Please add our High School Drama Institute to your list!

    https://drama.catholic.edu/academics/summer-programs

    We offer a 3-week residential program on our campus in Washington, DC.
    Students can major in Drama/Acting or Musical Theatre or - new this summer - Opera.

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    Rosalind Flynn
    Head of the M.A. in Theatre Education
    Director, The High School Drama Institute
    The Catholic University of America
    Washington, DC
    drama.cua.edu/graduate/MATE
    drama.cua.edu/summer
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