Summer Youth Theatre (VORTEX Repertory Company): Free theatre
training for teens with theatre professionals. Participants work on a full
stage production with public performances. Some local artists receive stipends.
Admission by audition. Produced The Insect Comedy in July.
478-LAVA.
Capitol City Playhouse Apprentice Company: Free theatre training and
hands-on experience in professional productions and administration for
upper-level high school/early college-age students. Entrance by interview.
Presented Guinness Isa Respectable Brew earlier this month.
472-3234.
Texas Young Playwrights Festival: Evaluation and development of
scripts by Texans under 19. All entries are evaluated. Twenty scripts are given
intensive workshops; 12 receive staged readings at UT; three to five are
produced at CCP. Deadline for the 1996 Festival is Dec. The 1995 winners are
being presented through Aug 19 at CCP and will tour area high schools this
fall. 472-3234.
Talk Theatre: Ongoing theatre development process at Johnston High
School for high school students. Participants write dramatic material, which
they present to the public. Talk Theatre will be showcased in a national
teleconference on role-playing in education on November 4. 369-6541.
The Girl Project: Creation of an original theatrical production by
young women, ages 9-17. Participants develop dramatic material with theatre
professionals. Presented in coordination with the YWCA. Admission by audition.
Small stipend provided to chosen actors ages 9-13. This year’s presentation
will be at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center Aug 21 & 22. 322-0125.
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