Theatre as a Springboard: A Cross Curricular Approach

Teachers and professors explore how to use dramatic elements to enhance student engagement in current curricula. This class encourages participants to re-examine their current units of study to see where skills and outcomes specific to theatre can be integrated for greater efficacy.

Each participant will receive as part of the registration price: 15 clock hours; Materials to use in the class room including games, rubrics, activities, and lessons created during the class; References and resources or further study; and a boxed lunch for each session.

For more information visit www.acttheatre.org or contact ACT's education department at 206-292-7660


Cost: $200.00
Contact: Kristina Sutherland
Phone: (206) 292-7660 Ext:1338
E-Mail: kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org

Using Acting Techniques to Enhance Classroom Management

Educators will join actor and veteran teaching artist Bill Morrison in a three-day workshop to explore acting and performance techniques that help capture and hold the attention of students, just as actors capture the hearts and minds of their audiences.

Registration includes: 20 Clock Hours; Materials to use in the classroom including games, rubrics, activities, and management strategies used during the class; References and resources for further study; Specific feedback on personal management techniques; and a boxed lunch for each session.


Cost: $300.00
Contact: Kristina Sutherland
Phone: (206) 292-7660 Ext:1338
E-Mail: kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org

Bring Arts Corps residencies to your classroom. Teachers and school administrators, are you seeking to engage students more deeply through the arts? Arts Corps offers in-school residencies in every art form for students K-12. Whether you are looking to integrate art into your lessons or to bring new cultural experiences and disciplines to your students, collaborate with our skilled, master-level teaching artists to open up new dimensions for learning. Each residency includes a planning session with teacher/administrator, joint preparation of lesson plan outline, opportunity for teacher to develop and use creative practices during residency and opportunity for student exhibit or performance at end of session.


Cost: $900 for 8-hour program (includes supplies); reduced rates for qualifying schools (limited number)
Contact: Tina LaPadula
Phone: (206) 722-5440
E-Mail: tina.lapadula@artscorps.org

In association with Rainier Beach HS and the Seattle Public School District, Broadway Bound Children's Theatre is proud to present a newly and uniquely conceived production of CATS! This will be a performance unlike any you may have seen, with an ingenious interpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's score and an unparalleled set orchestration to highlight T.S. Eliot's poetry. The show will include students from Rainier Beach, the Center School, Aki Kurose, Kennedy, Lynwood, Todd Beamer and Cleveland High Schools, who will perform under the direction of Kibibi Monie.


Cost: $10, Pay as you can for Rainier Beach community
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: office@broadwaybound.org

Broadway Bound has begun to reserve seating for it's Student Matinees! Our Student Matinees sell out fast, and our First show is "Once Upon a Mattress" with cast members 4th grade & up, and runs May 26th -May 28th at 10 a.m. Then "Peter Pan" grades 1st-4th begins on June 9th - June 11th at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 per seat. These full scale Broadway Musicals are sure to be a very event for for all who attend.


Cost: $5 per student/seat
Contact: Amelya Hepner
Phone: (206) 526-5437 Ext:105
E-Mail: office@broadwaybound.org

How does art speak to us? What is the creative process? When is art traditional and when is it rebellious? These three downloadable visual arts units explore these and other questions.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

What are the Blues? What can they teach us about African-American history? This curriculum, co-developed with PBS, is designed for middle school and high school and can be used in language arts, social studies and music classrooms.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

What do Woodstock, the mambo and the 1970s Los Angeles punk scene have in common? They are all found in the new distance learning course based on the exhibition "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music". This course, which incorporates music, video and interactive elements, will help teachers learn about the ways Latino musicians have adopted and adapted musical styles, both Latino and mainstream. Teachers can choose among seven modules to design the instruction that best suits their interests. The course also includes classroom ideas and resources, particularly for teachers of music, Spanish and social studies. Up to 27 clock hours are available to Washington state teachers.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral histories of musicians, filmmakers, visual artists and authors, these lessons designed for middle school and high school, teach the methods of oral history and give students a chance to reflect on the work of artists and the roles they play in our culture.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

How does an electric guitar work? How did this instrument come to exist? This multi-level lesson plan series for elementary, middle school and high school examine the technology and cultural history behind the electric guitar. New learning is applied to writing a compare-contrast paragraph (elementary), problem-solution essay (middle school) or persuasive essay (high school). These lesson plans incorporate language arts, science, and music.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This fully bilingual curriculum for elementary, middle school and high school focuses on how immigration and migration have shaped Latino and U.S. popular music, the ways Latinos have expressed their experiences as Americans and how Latino youth have driven popular music innovations that cross diverse ethnic boundaries. This social studies curriculum may also useful to teachers of music, Spanish and ESL-ELL.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

EMP|SFM'S first online professional development course is free and open to all educators who want to learn more about teaching with oral histories of artists. Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral history interviews with musicians, writers, visual artists, directors, and actors, this course will help you develop an oral history project for your students. This course will also guide you in how to use oral histories across the curriculum, in areas such as reading, writing, or the arts. Educators can earn ten (10) clock hours from Seattle University for this self-paced course.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This course taught by Dr. Cody Walker considers some of the major developments in American Literature between 1910 and 1940, noting parallel tendencies in the visual arts, the rise of literary modernism and the social foprces that impacted poets and prose writers of the time. Continuing education clock hours and credits available.


Cost: $75 Frye Member/$85 non
Contact: Mary Jane Knecht
Phone: (206) 432-8265
E-Mail: mknecht@fryemuseum.org

Looking for a creative outlet this summer? Need continuing-education credits or clock hours? The Frye's collections and exhibitions provide unique environments that inspire creativity. Art studio classes are taught by professional artists who give individual attention and lead lively explorations of works of art in the galleries. Studio art classes meet in the Frye Art Studio.

Fundamentals in Figurative Felt:

Explore the magic of felt making in this mixed-media class. In the class, students learn how to make flat felt, cords, beads, and both hollow and solid forms as a foundation for creating figurative forms. Students focus on forming wool into contemporary dolls and/or puppets using traditional techniques of wet and dry felt making.




Cost: $200 Frye members $240 nonmembers
Contact: Deborah Sepulveda
Phone: (206 ) 622-9250 Ext:261
E-Mail: dsepulveda@fryemuseum.org

Do you know that highly hazardous chemicals are found in common art materials? Would you like to learn how to protect the health of your students and create a safe environment in your classroom? King County, as part of the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, is offering a Hidden Hazards of the Arts workshop from 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. in Auburn on May 20 at the James P. Fugate Administration Building. The workshop focuses on proper storage, handling, and disposal of arts chemicals, as well as safer alternatives for you and your students. Three free clock hours are offered and teachers who complete a follow-up survey describing how they improved their classroom as a result of the workshop receive a $35 stipend. If you would like to register, call Erin Hislop at 206-583-0655.

The same workshop is being offered in Bellevue on May 13 for those who cannot attend on May 20 in Auburn.


Cost: Free
Contact: Erin Hislop
Phone: (206) 583-0655 Ext:118
E-Mail: ehislop@triangleassociates.com

Discover how to unlock imaginative learning through engaging with works of art. Find new excitement in your teaching practice. Share the insights of professional artists. Lay down paint, move to a beat, try on a stage character, invent your own music, improvise in a group or solo, and enjoy research. Immerse yourself in a sustained encounter with works of dance, music, theater, or visual art. This workshop, held in New York, Chicago, Arkansas and Michigan, will help you to discover how to elicit new ideas in your students, and how to stimulate creative, conceptual thinkers prepared for the world beyond the classroom. Graduate credit available through City University of NY. Visit www.lcinstitute.org for information on the locations and dates of the workshops held July through August 2009.


Cost: $525 per session, plus non-refundable $25 registration fee
Contact: Sarah Feeley
Phone: (212) 875 Ext:5552
E-Mail: sfeeley@lincolncenter.org

Pacific Northwest Ballet fieldtrips offer students to experience a day in the life of a dancer. During their visit, students participate in an introductory dance class, tour the building and costume shop, and observe PNB Company dancers in rehearsal.


Cost: $100 per class
Contact: Rochelle Rapaszky
Phone: (206) 441-9411 x4229
E-Mail: rrapaszky@pnb.org

In-school residencies and workshops get students moving and learning through dance. In-school classes are custom-built for each classroom and are designed to support classroom learning and Washington State Arts EALRs.


Cost: $100 per class, discounts available
Contact: Kayti Bouljon
Phone: (206) 441-2432
E-Mail: kayti@pnb.org

Learn American history through the visual arts! Using textbook examples of American art, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art 1660-1893 from the Yale University Art Gallery, offers an overview of American history and culture, from the beginning of European settlement through the end of the nineteenth century. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness will enhance any classroom's study of American history.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Erica Applewhite
Phone: (206) 654-3123
E-Mail: tours@seattleartmuseum.org

SCT has long term residencies with many Seattle Schools this year including Lowell and John Hay. We work with you to enrich your already existing curriculum with theatre exercises, activating your students voices, bodies and imaginations!


Cost: $85 per hour; scholarship available, contact Andrea for more information
Contact: Andrea Ichikawa
Phone: (206) 443-0807
E-Mail: andreai@sct.org

Giant Magnet is a week-long international performance festival features professional performances of music, dance, theater, circus arts, and puppetry by artists from around the world. There are programs for Pre-K through 12th grade students in English, Japanese, German and French. Giant Magnet also has hands-on Discovery Centers on the grounds. Teachers receive a free curriculum guide.


Cost: $3.50-$9
Contact: Bruce Hall
Phone: (206) 684-7336
E-Mail: education@seattleinternational.org

SIFF FutureWave coordinates filmmaker visits with both local and world-reknowned cinematic artists (directors, costume designers, composers, etc.) to classrooms and community organizations around Puget Sound. These filmmakers bring real-world application into the classroom, expanding learning outside the traditional school experience and providing role models for students of all ages. We work to pair filmmakers with a variety of classroom disciplines that will be enhanced by their artistic area of expertise.


Cost: Free
Contact: Dustin Kaspar
Phone: (206) 315-0663
E-Mail: dustin.kaspar@siff.net

Free tickets are available to teachers for our preview performance of Guys and Dolls on Thursday, May 7, at 8 p.m. Please RSVP to jeremy@seattlemusicaltheatre.org.

More information and a study guide to the production are available at www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
Phone: (206) 363-2809
E-Mail: jeremy@seattlemusicaltheatre.org

Free tickets are available to teachers for our preview performance of Guys and Dolls on Thursday, May 7, at 8 p.m. Please RSVP to jeremy @ seattlemusicaltheatre . org.

More information and a study guide to the production are available at www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
Phone: (206) 363-2809
E-Mail: jeremy @ seattlemusicaltheatre . org

To learn about epic opera, specifically Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and the cultural background against which this masterpiece was writen. Students will also attend the final dress rehearsals of Wagner's "Ring." Class lectures/discussion at Seattle Pacific University. Dress Rehearsal attendance at McCaw Hall. 30 Clock Hours or three credits in Music, Education, or English.


Cost: $450
Contact: Bobbie Childers
Phone: (206) 821 Ext:2411
E-Mail: bobbiec@spu.edu

Bringing Theatre into the Classroom

Seattle Repertory Theatre and our partner theatres Seattle Children's Theatre, Book It Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Company bring you "the best summer workshop you'll ever take."



BTiC is an engaging, fun, five-day intensive summer workshop that will teach you ways to integrate drama into your entire curriculum. First-hand involvement allows time to test ideas and build them into workable, practical lesson plans. In addition to the hands-on activities, you'll have the opportunity to "try out" curriculum in a supportive environment with professional Teaching Artists and our resident Teen Interns, then walk away with an extensive resource notebook. Clock hours and university credit are available. During the following school year, a member of the BTiC faculty will travel to your school and work as collaborator, coach, or co-teacher, as you integrate lessons learned during the summer workshop into practical lesson plans in your classroom



Apply online at http://www.seattlerep.org/Learn/Youth/TheatreInTheClassroomApply.aspx




Cost: $200
Contact: Scott Koh
Phone: (206) 443-2202 Ext:1043
E-Mail: scottk@seattlerep.org

Bring your students to the Historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Seattle to step back in time to the 1920s. This one hour Lecture/Demonstration with organist Dennis James will include: demonstration of the organ and sound effects; discussion of the silent film era and composing/scoring for silent film; and a screening of a short silent film. Tours of the theatre available afterwards.


Cost: Free
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: (206) 467-5510 Ext:1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@stgpresents.org

A performance by exceptional local teen musicians fusing musical styles. More Music @ The Moore takes students on a musical journey, teaching them how to listen to and appreciate diverse genres of music. Daniel Bernard Roumaine (DBR) returns for a fourth year as Music Director.


Cost: $7 per ticket ($4 free/reduced price lunch) - reservations required
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@stgpresents.org

What do children need to know and be able to do in the visual arts, and how can you bring art instruction to a non-art-focused classroom? How do you teach art if you are not a practicing artist? Learn some of the basics, including how to align your lessons with the visual arts EALRs and how to do meaningful assessment of student learning in the arts, in this comprehensive one-day course taught by Beverly Harding Buehler, arts education consultant, mixed media artist, and former Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Seattle Art Museum. Clock hours available.


Cost: $65; members, $50
Contact: Register online at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

Taproot Theatre presents the student matinee of "Around the World in 80 Days." Students will see Jules Verne's novel spring vividly to life in this wildly theatrical adaptation that takes them on a madcap adventure around the world.

Taproot Theatre Company's student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.


Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781-9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

From drama games to acting classes to putting on a production, Taproot Theatre's residencies can range from several weeks to months, or an entire school year. Whether during the school day or after school as an enrichment program, let Taproot's trained teaching artists introduce a whole new world to your students.


Cost: Cost: $100 per hour per teacher; minimum of eight total class hours.
Contact: Sara Willy
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

Our theatre arts professional will visit your classroom for a workshop that will inspire and excite your students. They will develop basic acting skills and explore non-theatre curriculum using theater as a medium.


Cost: $100 for a 60 minute workshop with up to 35 participants.
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

By signing up for our Educator Mailing List, educators can receive notices about upcoming educator discounts for full-length productions at The 5th Avenue Theatre. We offer this discount to thank educators for their hard work as well as provide an affordable connection to the theatre community in Seattle.


Cost: Reduced Price Tickets
Contact: Amanda Morris
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: amorris@5thavenue.org

NFFTY 365 provides in-school presentations of youth-made films with the opportunity to meet and learn from local young filmmakers how filmmaking has influenced their lives and how their films have affected others. Students involved in presentations scheduled March - April 2009 will have the opportunity to obtain free or discounted tickets to the 2009 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) - April 24-26.


Cost: Free
Contact: Kathy Reichgerdt
Phone: (206) 905-8400 x4
E-Mail: kathy@nffty.org

Open to Question: Activism in Seattle's University District is a temporary, outdoor exhibit that uses historical photographs and oral histories to tell the story of activism during a critical period in University District history. Free activities and tours can be self-guided or facilitated at your school or site by University District Museum Without Walls (UDMWW) staff or volunteer. Activities and tours are designed to stand alone or together as a series. Each lesson plan integrates WA State Standards. Materials packets will be available by May 4. This exhibit will be on display until May 30, with the possibility of extension into the summer and fall. If you are interested learning about current and future opportunities to tour the exhibit and offer guided activities, please contact the Exhibit and Programs Manager with your name and contact information.


Cost: Free
Contact: Layla Taylor
Phone: (206) 446-6672
E-Mail: laylastaylor@gmail.com

Registration for 2009-2010 Youth Matinees will begin at 10:00AM on Friday, May 29, 2009!

For 2009-2010, the UW World Series presents six matinee performances for students grades 3-12. These events are unique opportunities to give your students exposure to live performing arts, visit the University of Washington, and create meaningful connections to other core subjects. Visit our web site for further details:

http://www.uwworldseries.org/community.cfm?page=matinees


Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth Duffell
Phone: (206) 685-2369
E-Mail: eduffell@u.washington.edu

Due to foundation support, our Education and Outreach programs are expanding, and we are seeking new partnerships with local schools. We are interested in working with schools and drama departments to provide improvisational theater residencies and after-school programs. These programs help develop the creative and artistic talents of students, foster team-building and trust, and provide invaluable communication skills to participants.

We are currently scheduling free 1-hour improv workshops for public schools with one of our professional teaching artists to assess whether a program would be a good fit with your school.




Cost: Free
Contact: Lauren Domino
Phone: (206) 352-8291 Ext:2
E-Mail: education@jetcityimprov.com

Explore your creativity during summer break, dabbling in fun art, music, dance and drama activities. Each week is a different experience, where creativity and fun unite! The expressive elements of music, art, drama and movement combine to make each week come to life with new art adventures. There's also plenty of time for outdoor play. Students bring their own lunches each day, all supplies and a snack are provided. Before- and after-care are available from 8am to 5pm for an additional fee. Scholarships available for qualified students in financial need.


Cost: 135
Contact: Denise Mimura
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: denise.m@aimschool.org

The Musical Theater Adventures Camp provides young people with enriching summer experiences that develop their social and physical skills, cultivate independence and self-confidence and challenge their imaginations. With classes chosen around the needs and skills levels of the students, the program is highly structured and requires that each camper has the motivation to fully participate.


Cost: 6 weeks for $750
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage month in May by entering an art contest for youth (grades K-12) that showcases API heritage and culture. Winning works will be displayed at the Seattle Center's API Heritage Celebration Day on May 23, featured in the International Examiner, and displayed at the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Contact ftakamura08@gmail.com for entry forms and further info.


Cost: $0
Contact: Frieda Takamura
E-Mail: ftakamura08@gmail.org

Join this camp where song and vocal technique combine! Voice instructor Lyndee White will help you strengthen your singing skills with songs from "The Pirates of Penzance." On Friday, you'll belt such numbers as "Poor Wand'ring One," and "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General", that will have you dancing on your tongue! For ages 8 & up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Mini-musical revue. Join the team as we create an original script built around awesome, upbeat ensemble songs! In this exciting new class, we'll be learning music and original choreography to songs from musicals like "Annie", "High School Musical" and "Les Miserables". We'll spend some time focusing on group vocal and physical warm-ups, and utilize team-oriented acting games to help build leadership and communication in a fun, positive environment! Taught by Jennifer Iovanne, this class is for ages 8 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Prepare for our full-length fall production with this all-time favorite! Learn "Adelaide's Lament," "Luck Be A Lady," and the title "Guys and Dolls". It'll be sure to put you in front! Ages 6 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Why chose to be a queen or king for a day when you can be a Broadway Bound Choreographer for a week? Using songs from Broadway shows, students will embark upon an exciting journey that follows the creative process from conceptualization through teaching/performing the final product. Through their own artistic sensibility, teacher Sonya Shaw will help students develop skills in critical thinking, listening, kinesthetic awareness, and communication. For ages 8 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Join fantastic Puppeteer Rob D'Arc in this magical camp where you will be creating your very own wacky puppet characters out of recyclable household items, coming together in a vibrant improv performance at the end of the week! Rob D'Arc is the President of Puppeteers of Puget Sound, Founder of KIDSTUFF, and on the Board of Directors with the Fremont Arts Council. He's taught at the Woodland Park Zoo, Northwest Folklife Festival, and the Seattle Opera. This camp is for ages 6 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

"Dancing Queen," "Money, Money, Money" and the title song "Mamma Mia" are just a few of the numbers that will be highlighted in this dazzling camp. Share in the joy that has brought this jubilant musical to the top of the charts! Ages 8 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Laugh yourself silly! The best of improvisation and stand-up comedy! You'll have a great time learning improvised theatre games, creating hilarious skits, and developing the art of joke-telling, led by comedian Richard Horvitz. Watch your friends and family roll on the ground with laughter during your Friday afternoon performance. Richard Horvitz has been charming audiences for 30 years. With an extensive background on stage and screen, he was last seen at the Golden Globes, on That's So Raven, and has done countless voices for today's cartoons! For ages 8 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Good ballet technique is essential to the aspiring performer, and Instructor Rachel Randall will make sure you have it! With games like "dance frog," "puppettinas," and "puzzle pieces," she'll help you discover the moves to bring ballet to Broadway! Rachel Randall has been catching flying children at the School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts in Georgetown, and has danced professionally in Yakima, Seattle, London, and West Africa. She currently performs with Dance Contemporary & the Phffft! Dance Theatre Company. For ages 6 & up!




Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Learn how to make a fake fight look real on stage! You'll learn professional tricks of the trade, using fight choreography to move around the stage. Come ready to learn and move... quickly and out of the way! Play with swords! Amaze (and scare) your friends! For ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

This camp is FUN, FUN, FUN! Did you ever want to turn a favorite book into a show? Now you can, through the magical adventure of play building! You'll bring the characters to life with building the sets for your very own show! Let mask and set guru Michael Todd Costain help you create the world you imagine in your own head for Friday's performance! Ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

This camp will make you steps ahead of the rest and well on your way to becoming a true Triple Threat! Movin', groovin' and twirl-a-roonin' is what we'll be doing in this week long dance-a-thon. Teacher Sonya Shaw will help students develop their technique in Ballet, Tap and Jazz; learn combinations that consist of steps commonly used in a musical theatre dance number; as well as how to "sell" it. A great opportunity for both beginning dancers and experienced dancers to be better prepared for performing in a Broadway Bound show. For ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Join this camp where song and vocal technique combine! Voice instructor Lyndee White will help you strengthen your singing skills through the silly lyrics of "Seussical". On Friday, you'll belt such numbers as "Oh the Things You Can Think," "Solla Sollew," and "How Lucky You Are". Lyndee White has performed in opera houses throughout the US and Italy. And has operated a private voice studio for the past eight years, teaching masterclasses for up-and-coming young singers. For ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Broadway Bound's Fall Production of "Guys and Dolls" is just around the corner, and this camp is guaranteed to get you ready for it! In fact, this camp will have you facing any musical theatre audition in the country head on! For ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Broadway Bound offers A variety of week-long camps in theatre arts, music, dance, comedy, show tunes, and drama. These are opportunities for children to explore interests and gain new skills. Local and nationally-recognized artists and teachers engage students in fun activities such as stage combat, voice, acting, song interpretation, musical theatre, and dance. At the end of the week, students stage a short performance for parents and friends. The goal of each camp is for every child to finish the physically active course with new friends, a peaked interest in theatre arts, an improved ability to perform, and an increased self-confidence.






Cost: $250/class
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Taught by Sonya Shaw, one of our Directors for WIZARD OF OZ and currently the choreographer for PETER PAN. Sonya has been working with children in theatre and dance for over seven years and is a Broadway Bound favorite among the kids. Students will have fun building their tap technique through rhythm exercises, games and combinations. The songs and choreography learned will be used to create a revue to some of musical theatre's finest tappin' tunes. By the end of the week, students will surely be saying I've Got Rhythm. For students with prior tap experience. Ages 8 and up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

An opportunity to work with Michael Todd Costain, one of America's leading hair and make-up artists, who has worked at theatre and opera companies across the country and on Broadway. Students will spend each day learning a new style of specialty make-up as they create animals and fantasy characters which we will photograph for them to have a very special memory. Think face painting taken to the extreme. Also through the week students will be provided with the materials and guidance from Michael in creating their very own and very special mask which will be theirs to keep. Ages 6 and up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Spend a week in the most popular high school- High School Musical! Students will have fun singing and dancing as they learn the hard rules of school cliches and discover that it doesn't matter if you're a Jock, Brainiac, or Thespian because We're All In This Together. Taught by Sonya Shaw, this class is for ages 6 & up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Taught by Christina McNeil, a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, who has been teaching, choreographing and dancing in and around the Seattle area for 12 years at numerous dance studio, dance companies and colleges. Students will learn how to create a work of their own that will be performed at the end of the week. Christina will provide the guidance and technique to aid in the creation of an original dance movement for each student. Ages 10 and up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Back by popular demand! We'll be learning awesome choreography to pair with all the favorites from this popular musical, including "Good Morning Baltimore", "Without Love" and, of course, "You Can't Stop the Beat". With song and dance in place, Jennifer Iovanne will be teaching a super abbreviated version of this show complete with lines and costumes! Ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Jennifer Iovanne returns after teaching seven camps last summer! Since graduating from UW, Jennifer has worked with The Gallery School of Music and Dance and The Ballet Studio, Studio East and the 4/4 School of Music. Last year we had a blast singing, dancing and creating an original script built around rock musical songs. This year we're kicking things up a notch! Totally new songs and dances, totally new script, totally new and fun thematic musical theater games and activities! We'll be learning kid and teen-appropriate songs from shows like "The Wiz", "Grease" and "Rent". Bring your energy and talent and come rock out with us! Ages 10 and up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

The Magic Behind the Words and the Music is You, so you want to sing a song! Well this is a class that will help you take center stage! Broadway performer and award winning recording artist Rebecca Spencer, most recently one of the stars of Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular, will guide you to approach and interpret your favorite Broadway song or a favorite song as a soloist. Bring the sheet music for the song you think you already know and we'll sing on the very first day. But also, tuck under your arm a second song that you always wanted to learn or almost know. Feel free to hold the music on the very first day. You are all individuals and there is a way to approach learning a song that will make it your very own! You will discover how to tell your own story, by building a character closer to who you are. A vocal warm up and physical musical movement warm up will start each day. At the end of the week we'll present a showcase cabaret with everyone! For ages 8 and up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Rouge your knees and let yourself be enraptured with the style of world renowned choreographer Bob Fosse. Learn from teacher Shannon Narasimhan the dances from numbers like Cell Block Tango, Razzle Dazzle, and Hot Honey Rag. Shannon is a graduate of University of Washington with a BA Dance cum laude where she was awarded the Mary Gates Venture scholarship. She has trained with Ballet Idaho, American Repertory Ballet, Long Beach Ballet, Mark Morris, and Alvin Ailey and was a member of Seattle's Chamber Dance Company for three seasons. Currently, she is pursuing her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Columbia University. With all this glitz and glam who wouldn't want to paint the town? Ages 12 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Set to contemporary music, students will learn dance moves that are current and perform them to their favorite songs heard on the radio. Taught by Christy McNeil, this camp is for ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Come to this camp prepared to have fun as you explore the art of play by integrating music, drama, and movement into one creative force. Using a diverse repertoire of music and media, participants will be actively engaged with singing, rhythmic and poetic speech, the playing of a wide array of pitched and unpitched instruments, arranging, improvising, composing, dramatizing, moving, and dancing. The camp will end with a closing performance that unites these disciplines and showcases the artistic and creative achievements of participating children. Instructor Mark Andrew Francis teaches at Seattle's Bush School, and has staged countless production's for the musically-inclined; such as "Peter & the Wolf" and "The William Tell Overture." Never played an instrument? No worries. Mark will supply them and have you playing a tune, and starring in your own story by the end of the week. For ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Spend a week in the most popular high school- High School Musical! Students will have fun singing and dancing as they learn the hard rules of school cliches and discover that it doesn't matter if you're a Jock, Brainiac, or Thespian because We're All In This Together. Taught by Sonya Shaw, this class is for ages 6 & up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Journey through this world of folklore! We will explore answers to questions like "How did the leopard get his spots?" and "Why do mosquitoes buzz in people's ears?" Through mask work and creative movement, teacher Jillian Kramer will bring every corner of the globe into the classroom and culminate the week with a multi-cultural presentation. Jillian Kramer has studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company in NYC, and at the University of Wales. She has toured with the Missoula Children's Theatre in their production of ROBIN HOOD. And, is a teaching artist for Studio East, Second Story Repertory, and the City of Kirkland; and is the Executive Director for Seattle's Ain't It Good Productions. This class is for ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Go back to where theatrical jazz dance was invented through the moves of Bob Fosse. With Shannon Narasimhan, learn numbers from classic shows like "Chicago," "Fosse," "Cabaret," and "Sweet Charity." Come with your dancin' shoes an All That Jazz! For ages 11 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

This camp is FUN, FUN, FUN! Did you ever want to turn a favorite book into a show? Now you can, through the magical adventure of play building! You'll bring the characters to life with your voice, body, costumes and make-up for Friday's show. This camp is taught by Mark Burton, originally from San Diego. He received his BA from Point Loma Nazarene University. And has taught at summer camps all over Seattle. This camp is for ages 8 & up.


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Become your favorite characters in the songs "Belle," "Be Our Guest," and "Beauty and the Beast". Let teacher Danielle Barnum bring you back to this magical musical fairytale. Ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Let your inner superhero out! We will use improvisation to create a world where super powers run rampant. Jillian Kramer will help you focus on the importance of teamwork and build confidence through portraying bold characters. Bring a white pillowcase to the first day of camp to be transformed into a superhero cape! For ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Take a romp through the Roaring 20's with this Broadway Hit! Fall in love with such songs as "Forget About the Boy," "Gimme Gimme," and the title song "Thoroughly Modern Millie!" This class is taught by Danielle Barnum who just appeared in the title role of Seattle Musical Theatre's production of "Jane Eyre". She has choreographed such musicals as "Aida," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Guys and Dolls." For Ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Wow your friends with your new moves on the dance floor in this exciting camp! Learn Hip Hop and B-Boy (aka "Breaking") from dance master Remi Moya Street. Although a faculty member of Arts Corp, and teacher of dance in schools all over Washington, Remi is originally from Ecuador, and has performed and opened for such artists as Missy Elliot and DJ Clue! For ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Learn how to create and set moves to your favorite Broadway classics. Work with teacher Shannon Narasimhan and a small group to form two complete musical numbers using your newly found choreographic talents. Workshop includes introduction to choreographic tools, costume, and makeup. For ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

"Dancing Queen," "Money, Money, Money" and the title song "Mamma Mia" are just a few of the numbers that will be highlighted in this dazzling camp. Share in the joy that has brought this jubilant musical to the top of the charts! Ages 8 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Good ballet technique is essential to the aspiring performer, and Instructor Rachel Randall will make sure you have it! With games like "dance frog," "puppettinas," and "puzzle pieces," she'll help you discover the moves to bring ballet to Broadway! Rachel Randall has been catching flying children at the School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts in Georgetown, and has danced professionally in Yakima, Seattle, London, and West Africa. She currently performs with Dance Contemporary & the Phffft! Dance Theatre Company. For ages 6 & up!


Cost: $250
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

At Whale Camp, Centrum and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center merge the worlds of art and science in the body of the whale. With education and conservation as the guiding forces, spend an exciting week on Puget Sound with marine scientists and artists, who will take you into the world of these grand creatures.


Cost: $865
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 ext. 120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

Centrum's 2009 Summer High School Arts Camp presents filmmaking, mixed media sculpture, creative writing and theater under the guidance of an international and culturally diverse group of artists. Students select a single focus for a week that is designed to accelerate artistic development. Offered are: Film: Real Grrls; Theater: Erwin Thomas; Visual Art: Einar and Jamex de la Torre; Creative Writing: Stephanie Lenox.


Cost: $485
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 X120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

The DANCE This camp is presented by Seattle Theatre Group at Centrum. Dance This provides an opportunity for high-school aged dancers at all levels to study a wide range of styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. You'll experience the whole range of workshop offerings, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa, African & special workshops, while living and working with vital, contemporary faculty and a community of peers from across the state.


Cost: $695
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

SUMMER AT COYOTE!

Weeklong intensives for ages 10-14

68 hands-on courses are open for enrollment! Creative and talented professionals will meet their kids in professional work settings throughout central Seattle. Participants will have fun and learn lots of sophisticated, creative, technical, and problem-solving skills in Glassblowing, Furniture Design, Singing/Songwriting, Acting & Improv, Fashion Design, Fiction, Welding, Cartoon Animation, Painting, Photography, Web Design, Soapbox Cars, and many, many more! Visit us at www.coyotecentral.org.

Enrollment is first come-first served. Our scholarship program and system of barters and trades makes Coyote available to ALL kids.


Cost: $185-$325
Contact: Jun Sellers
Phone: (206) 323-7276
E-Mail: info@coyotecentral.org

Amp up your interest in music and art with EMP|SFM's Summer Teen Artist Workshops! You will receive one-on-one training from industry professionals and a creative license to take your skills to the next level. Offering workshops in drums, guitar, bass, beat making, voice, songwriting, graphic novel, rock band, and blues guitar. For teens entering grades 8-12.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Carly Dykes
Phone: (206) 262.3258
E-Mail: carlyd@empsfm.org

We're mixing music and art, science and sound in this action-packed week! At EMP|SFM artists take you on a tour of American popular music, exploring rock 'n'roll, hip-hop, folk and more. Then you're off to Pacific Science Center to experiment with vibration, pitch and volume as you investigate your vocal cords and create your own instruments. Find out why your dog hears better than you, and how tubes, wind and string combine to make the sounds of science!


Cost: Varies
Contact: Carly Dykes
Phone: (206) 262.3258
E-Mail: carlyd@empsfm.org

Express yourself through music, acting and storytelling. At SCT, you will use improvisation and story structure to develop original works that you will perform in class. At EMP|SFM, you will create and sing your own songs and explore ways to write songs with structure, melody and rhythm. Plus you'll record your songs in class and take them home on CD.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Carly Dykes
Phone: (206) 262.3258
E-Mail: carlyd@empsfm.org

Youth classes at Gage Academy of Art provide innovative visual-arts education to children and teens who want to be creative in their free time.



This quarter, Gage offers on-site Saturday classes for 9- to 18-year-old artists and After-School Programs for kids ages 6-11. Professional artists lead Gage Youth Programs classes and provide clear hands-on instruction in a wide range of mediums and techniques. Young artists enrolled in these classes can expect to have their artistic sensibilities valued and encouraged in exciting ways. We limit class size to ensure that all students receive ample attention.


Cost: Varies - please see web site
Contact: Gage Academy of Art
Phone: (206) 323 Ext:4243
E-Mail: info@gageacademy.org

Every Friday night from 6:30pm-9:30pm, Gage offers Teen Art Studios (TAS), a free, drop-in art center that provides a diverse, challenging and productive environment for teen artists ages 13 to 18. Every month a different professional artist teaches a new art form, including cartooning, figure drawing, mixed media and more. You receive focused instruction and get the chance to explore a range of different mediums and skills. All art materials and refreshments provided, all levels are welcome.

May features The Painted Sketch with Ryan Finnerty.


Cost: Free
Contact: Gage Academy of Art
Phone: (206) 323.4243
E-Mail: info@gageacademy.org

Girls Rock! Seattle is a day camp for girls ages 9-16. Girls come for a weeklong crash course in playing an instrument, songwriting, zine making, self-defense and more! At the end of the week, campers get to perform their original song with their band at a local live music venue. Campers do not need to have any prior music experience, and instruments will be provided.


Cost: $350
Contact: Natalie Walker
Phone: (206) 909 Ext:5503
E-Mail: info@girlsrockseattle.org

The intensive program, held in conjunction with the 2009 Theatre Festival, offers individualized attention with only 8 students in each class ages 13-19 (32 participants total). At the end of the week, students will perform readings of their own plays (written during the Conservatory) and will perform in a staged reading, rehearsed with the professional actors teaching the program. On Friday, students will attend Master Classes with actors from the Icicle Creek Theatre Festival's new play workshop which will perform in Leavenworth and at Seattle's ACT Theatre.


Cost: $925, scholarships available
Contact: Shana Pennington-Baird
Phone: 1(877) 576-6010
E-Mail: iciclecreektheatre@gmail.com

Music Lessons are designed to supplement school music opportunities. Lessons are personalized, one-on-one instruction with professional, certified teachers, trained in creating a positive experience.


Cost: Sliding scale based on ability to pay
Contact: Michael Alstad
Phone: (206) 526-8443
E-Mail: malstad@mcnw.org

The Northwest Boychoir is holding auditions for NEW members on Saturday, May 16 for fall enrollment. Boys ages 6-9 are invited to sign-up for auditions. No previous music training is needed. The Northwest Boychoir offers the perfect blend of fun and music training. If your child is interested in singing and music, the Northwest Boychoir is the right choice. For 35 years, we've been training Seattle's children to sing and perform in public. Auditions are offered twice yearly, in February and May. We offer small group instruction, after school, in Seattle's University District with convenient freeway and public transportation access.


Cost: Tuition varies. Financial Aid Available
Contact: Northwest Choirs Office
Phone: (206) 524-3234
E-Mail: nwc@northwestchoirs.org

Northwest Film Forum, Seattle's premiere non-profit film center, is pleased to offer several youth camps this summer, for ages 9-17. This is a great opportunity for kids to learn the creative and technical side of movie making, including animation, music videos and documentary production.


Cost: $150-350
Contact: Ryan Davis
Phone: (206) 326-2629
E-Mail: ryan@nwfilmforum.org

A week of choral singing, voice classes, instrument exploration, arts and crafts, group games, movement activities, outdoor fun and a concert at the end of the week for family and friends! Open to girls ages 6-12. No choir experience required.


Cost: $225 by May 1, 2009; $250 after May 1
Contact: Mandi Shankle
Phone: (206) 985-3972
E-Mail: info@northwestgirlchoir.org

PCNW offers classes and workshops taught by skilled instructors on a quarterly basis - 10-week courses are taken for credit and involve weekly assignments and grades, while workshops are variable in terms of duration and structure.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Erin Sweeny
Phone: (206) 720-7222
E-Mail: esweeny@pcnw.org

A two-part creative facilitation training for young people ages 14-18, who are interested in leading groups and organizing events using the arts. The first training develops basic skills to use art to facilitate groups and provides participants with "tool-box" of easy-to-lead art activities. The second training will focus on specific leadership techniques like active listing, presentation skills, and group facilitation and will explore how to use these skills to move a group towards its highest potential. The second training builds on the first training, and it is highly recommended that participants come to both!


Cost: Free
Contact: Eli Steffen
Phone: (206) 938-6090
E-Mail: eli@powerofhope.org

Pratt's summer art week offers courses in Glass Flameworking, Glassblowing, Welding & Metal Sculpture, Woodworking, Painting & Drawing and Printmaking for ages 13 and up. Enjoy one or two classes in Pratt's professional studios with support and guidance from our outstanding youth instructors.


Cost: Varies. Tuition assistance available
Contact: Erik Halaas
Phone: (206) 328-2200 x 224
E-Mail: ehalaas@pratt.org

Scribes 9-12 is an intensive two-week writing program for high school students. Facilitated by professional writers, Scribes students acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick-up exercises and techniques to develop their writer's voice, get serious and helpful feedback from their instructors and peers and tour the city to view new and familiar places with a writer's eye.


Cost: $0-650
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Hugo Classes for Kids is a 10-week after-school creative writing workshop for kids in 3rd-8th grades. The theme for spring session is Writing to Save the World. Writers are always saving things, changing things. We write on behalf of things that can't speak -- animals facing extinction, trees being cut down. We record events so that they won't be forgotten -- a city destroyed by a hurricane, a grandparent's life story. In this class we'll practice our powers of persuasion, putting our passion on the page to save, to remember and to create our world.




Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Scribes is an intensive two-week writing program for students having just completed 7th and 8th grades. Facilitated by professional writers, Scribes students acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick-up exercises and techniques to develop their writer's voice, get serious and helpful feedback from their instructors and peers and tour the city to view new and familiar places with a writer's eye.


Cost: $0-650
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Hugo Classes for Teens are creative writing workshops for high school students. Working with a professional writer, each class will focus intensively in a specific genre. Students will hone their craft while stretching their writing muscles in a supportive environment. Spring session offerings: The 10 Minute Play, Flash Fiction, Breaking the Rules (Poetry) and Humor Writing.


Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Teen Tix is a revolutionary arts access program for teenagers. Any teenager (13-18 years old) can sign up for a freeTeen Tix pass. With their passes, members can attend performances, exhibits and events at any of our 26 participating arts venues for just $5. Our partner venues include many of the Seattle area's preeminent arts-presenting organizations, including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Experience Music Project, ACT Theatre, Seattle International Film Festival, and Seattle Opera. Through Teen Tix, teenagers are also able to access arts classes and special events, meet artists, write reviews, and more.


Cost: Free membership; $5 tickets
Contact: Pete Rush
Phone: (206) 233-2608
E-Mail: pete.rush@seattle.gov

This televised variety show films every fist Wednesday of the month, and regularly features young performers! All genres of performance are acceptable, the act should be 3-6 min in length, and well-rehearsed. Beginners welcome! We're looking for people with passion, diversity and fun! It's a great experience and all performers receive a 4-camera promotional video and copy of the show on DVD


Cost: Free
Contact: Kevin Joyce
Phone: (206) 463-0002
E-Mail: kevin@en-joyproductions.com

Seattle Children's Theatre Education Programs presents 7 plays with student actors (grade 4+). Students auditions begin in March for: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, High School Hamlet II: A Midsummer Night's Macbeth, Once on This Island Jr., Romeo & Juliet, and legendary musical RENT: School Edition.

We offer audition workshops for students wanting to learn and practice audition technique.


Cost: $480-$520
Contact: Drama School
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x1186
E-Mail: dramaschool@sct.org

Seattle Children's Theatre offers 200+ classes and camps during summer 2009! Theatre education for students age 3 1/2 - 21 years. We offer creative drama, acting classes, performance programs, and partnerships with EMP|SFM, PSC, Woodland Park Zoo, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Jet City Improv.


Cost: Starting at $70
Contact: SCT Education Programs
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x 1186
E-Mail: dramaschool@sct.org

Seattle Music Partners provides after-school music lessons to elementary and middle school students in underserved communities. Our mission is to help children learn to play instruments and read music. To attain this goal, we recruit accomplished high school and college-aged musicians to volunteer to work with our students. Lessons are taught on a weekly basis in one-on-one pairings or in small groups, and instruments are loaned when needed. Students perform in several recitals each year, showcasing their new skills and gaining valuable performance experience. In addition, SMP works with area arts organizations to bring nationally known musicians into the schools and to arrange for field trips to music performances.


Cost: Free
Contact: Scott Gelband, Ex. Dir.
Phone: (206) 409-2535

Seattle Musical Theatre presents SummerStage 2009 for students 11-18. This intensive program (June 29-August 1) offers students a full immersion in musical theater. Mornings are devoted to classes in vocal work, movement, and acting, or optional technical theater classes. Afternoons are devoted to rehearsing a fully staged version of Guys and Dolls for performance on our Magnuson Park stage.


Cost: $625
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
Phone: (206) 363-4807
E-Mail: jeremy@seattlemusicaltheatre.org

Seattle Musical Theatre announces SummerStage 2009 for students 11-18.



This intensive program (June 29--August 1) offers students a full immersion in musical theater. Mornings are devoted to classes in vocal work, movement, and acting, or optional technical theater classes. Afternoons are devoted to rehearsing a fully staged version of Guys and Dolls for performance on our Magnuson Park stage.



More information is available at http://seattlemusicaltheatre.org/SummerStage/



*ask us about scholarship and internship opportunities!*




Cost: $625
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
Phone: (206) 363-2809
E-Mail: jeremy@seattlemusicaltheatre.org

The SPT Summer Youth Program offers high-quality summer drama workshops taught by professional theater artists for youth grades K-12. Classes empower young people with a creative means of self-expression, and build ensemble through group process. Scholarships are available for all camps and classes, and are awarded based on demonstrated need and commitment to the program: no audition necessary. Interested students can call (206) 524-1300 for more information, or visit www.seattlepublictheater.org.


Cost: Varies, scholarships available
Contact: Shana Bestock
Phone: (206) 524-1300 Ext:1
E-Mail: shanab@Seattlepublictheater.org

The DANCE This Summer Training Intensive is an opportunity for young dancers (ages 13-21) at all levels to immerse themselves in dance over the course of two weeks. Students will be exposed to a wide range of dance styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. Instruction includes ballet, modern, jazz, Afro-Latin, African, hip-hop and special workshops.


Cost: $275 if register before May 20th; $300 after May 20th
Contact: Annenelia Bach
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1123
E-Mail: annieb@stgpresents.org

Free tickets to the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra's Benaroya Hall subscription series are available to instrumental music students and teachers.


Cost: Free
Contact: John Empey
Phone: (206) 362-2300
E-Mail: boxoffice@syso.org

Marrowstone is an intensive two-week residential summer orchestra and chamber music program for youth 13 - 23 years of age, presented by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Marrowstone offers talented musicians the opportunity to study with internationally acclaimed guest artists and faculty from the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the University of California, the Empire Brass and the National Symphony Orchestra.


Cost: $1,750 (financial aid available)
Contact: Britt Madsen
Phone: (206) 362-2300
E-Mail: marrowstone@syso.org

Spectrum's summer dance program at our beautiful lakefront studio, runs from June 29 to August 16, 2009. It includes dance and theater camps, dance intensives, and dance classes for pre-k through adult. Registration is happening now. For more information,check out our Web site at www.spectrumdance.org. To register, please call 206-325-4161 or email staff@spectrumdance.org.

Contact: Shawn Roberts Hensley
Phone: (206) 325-4161
E-Mail: staff@spectrumdance.org

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.






Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 781-9705
E-Mail: Studio@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre presents the student matinee of "Enchanted April," based on the 1920s novel about four British women who discover wisteria, sunshine and transformation in an enchanted Italian getaway.

Taproot Theatre Company?s student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.


Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781.9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

Camp ZinZanni is a six-day summer day camp presented by Teatro ZinZanni in its antique Belgian spiegeltent for children ages 9 to 16. Campers learn the basics of circus arts and character/scene development through workshops with some of the world's greatest cirque artists and stage technicians.


Cost: $350
Contact: Courtney Hebb
Phone: (206) 802-0011 ext 7244
E-Mail: campzinzanni@onereel.org

During this two-week immersion experience students will train like professionals and develop the skills and techniques used by Broadway performers. All classes, studio workshops and master classes are taught by working theater artists with extensive professional credits on Broadway, at nationally recognized musical theatre companies, and at The 5th Avenue Theatre.






Cost: $325-$625
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418 Ext:234
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

Students may log on to www.5thavenue.org and enter the promotional code ELECTIVE immediately under their sign-in name, and they can get $10 tickets to any performance of Sunday in the Park with George (running April 21 - May 10)


Cost: $10.00
Contact: Erin Vargo
Phone: (206) 625.1418 Ext:214
E-Mail: evargo@5thavenue.org