Curtain Call offers two different summer programs for youth: our Summerstock and Summerstock Junior program, which is a full-day, conservatory-style workshop program for ages six thru sixteen, and our Summer Youth Theatre which produces a full-scale musical production each summer featuring performers and technicians grade four thru age twenty-one. Scroll down below our calendar for information on each.
*PLEASE NOTE: Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, our 2020 Summerstock and Summerstock Junior Workshops will ALL take place online.
Acting for the camera comes closer to reality than acting on stage and requires its own, unique set of skills. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills necessary to act and audition for television, film and commercials using actual network and film scripts. Explore how body and facial gestures convey important information to a viewing audience and how the camera lens can become your best friend. You’ll also receive tips for finding agents and booking professional work. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings.) THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Acting for the camera comes closer to reality than acting on stage and requires its own, unique set of skills. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills necessary to act and audition for television, film and commercials using actual network and film scripts. Explore how body and facial gestures convey important information to a viewing audience and how the camera lens can become your best friend. You’ll also receive tips for finding agents and booking professional work. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials, music tracks and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings/spouses). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
This intensive study in musical performance offers students opportunities for solo work and individual focus. Under the guidance of Broadway music director Dan Micciche, they’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find and prepare two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). CLICK HERE
This intensive study in musical performance offers students opportunities for solo work and individual focus. Under the guidance of Broadway music director Dan Micciche, they’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find and prepare two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire to use in professional and college-program auditions. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). CLICK HERE
For non-actors looking to overcome their apprehensions with public speaking and add more power and punch to their interviews or business presentations as well as actors looking to improve their skills in stage speaking and character analysis. This one-of-a-kind professional training program will help you add strength, specificity and persuasiveness to your presentation, inform you in making more character-driven choices and lead to a more truthful performance, how to speak with intention and not just emotion and how to captivate your scene partners, listeners or audience. Sharpen your interpersonal skills (speaking, listening, presenting, pitching, networking) and intrapersonal skills (self-awareness, nonverbal communication, managing emotions, demonstrating respect, empathy and understanding). This class is as applicable to non-actors as it is to actors. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials, music tracks and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings/spouses). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Using song, character expression and carefully coordinated gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a virtual mini-musical of some of the fabled fables of Aesop, the Greek storyteller who’s given us such tales as The Tortoise and the Hare, The Dog and the Bone, The Lion and the Mouse and more. These stories have offered examples in moral and social responsibility for centuries. Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects that can be done with items at home which will be incorporated into their virtual performance. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings will be provided through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Acting for the camera comes closer to reality than acting on stage and requires its own, unique set of skills. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills necessary to act and audition for television, film and commercials using actual network and film scripts. Explore how body and facial gestures convey important information to a viewing audience and how the camera lens can become your best friend. You’ll also receive tips for finding agents and booking professional work. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings.) THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Acting for the camera comes closer to reality than acting on stage and requires its own, unique set of skills. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills necessary to act and audition for television, film and commercials using actual network and film scripts. Explore how body and facial gestures convey important information to a viewing audience and how the camera lens can become your best friend. You’ll also receive tips for finding agents and booking professional work. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials, music tracks and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings/spouses). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Different than on-stage, acting on screen is very intimate, and the camera picks up every detail. Learn how to best present yourself and explore auditions, commercials, monologues and scenes for TV and film using actual, network and professional scripts. You’ll also pick up useful tips on how to book professional work and industry tricks of the trade! Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). CLICK HERE
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed inhibitions, build personal ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, business, interview, audition and presentation situations. In this eight-week class, you’ll develop creative reflexes through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials, music tracks and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings/spouses). CLICK HERE
Very different than acting on stage, acting for the camera is very intimate and cameras pick up so much more detail than can often translate on stage. This class will explore scene and monologue work for TV and film performance and auditions and also guide students in how to prepare for online audition submissions, which are becoming more and more common in both the on-camera and stage industries. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
This intensive study in musical performance offers students opportunities for solo work and individual focus. Under the guidance of Broadway music director Dan Micciche, they’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find and prepare two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). CLICK HERE
This intensive study in musical performance offers students opportunities for solo work and individual focus. Under the guidance of Broadway music director Dan Micciche, they’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find and prepare two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire to use in professional and college-program auditions. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). CLICK HERE
For non-actors looking to overcome their apprehensions with public speaking and add more power and punch to their interviews or business presentations as well as actors looking to improve their skills in stage speaking and character analysis. This one-of-a-kind professional training program will help you add strength, specificity and persuasiveness to your presentation, inform you in making more character-driven choices and lead to a more truthful performance, how to speak with intention and not just emotion and how to captivate your scene partners, listeners or audience. Sharpen your interpersonal skills (speaking, listening, presenting, pitching, networking) and intrapersonal skills (self-awareness, nonverbal communication, managing emotions, demonstrating respect, empathy and understanding). This class is as applicable to non-actors as it is to actors. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials, music tracks and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings/spouses). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Using song, character expression and carefully coordinated gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a virtual mini-musical of some of the fabled fables of Aesop, the Greek storyteller who’s given us such tales as The Tortoise and the Hare, The Dog and the Bone, The Lion and the Mouse and more. These stories have offered examples in moral and social responsibility for centuries. Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects that can be done with items at home which will be incorporated into their virtual performance. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings will be provided through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Different than on-stage, acting on screen is very intimate, and the camera picks up every detail. Learn how to best present yourself and explore auditions, commercials, monologues and scenes for TV and film using actual, network and professional scripts. You’ll also pick up useful tips on how to book professional work and industry tricks of the trade! Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). CLICK HERE
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed inhibitions, build personal ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, business, interview, audition and presentation situations. In this eight-week class, you’ll develop creative reflexes through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials, music tracks and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings/spouses). CLICK HERE
Very different than acting on stage, acting for the camera is very intimate and cameras pick up so much more detail than can often translate on stage. This class will explore scene and monologue work for TV and film performance and auditions and also guide students in how to prepare for online audition submissions, which are becoming more and more common in both the on-camera and stage industries. Classes will meet using Zoom. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Registration: $240 (10% discount for siblings). THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
Our Summerstock and Summerstock Junior full-day theatre workshops will take place online. This decision, though difficult, is in the best interest of safety for our students, families and staff. We’ve been working closely with our teaching artists to carefully transition our summer curriculum to an online format (using Google Meet and Google Classroom as our platforms) that will allow the same variety of performance study and creative enrichment as always, in a low-pressure environment where students can focus on building technique, skills and confidence. Students rotate between a variety of subjects including scene acting/monologues, improv, musical theatre and more. This flexible curriculum, geared toward the students themselves, allows them opportunities to focus their energies into constructive, productive and creative conversations regarding social issues. Our showcases, highlighting the students’ work, will be presented online.
If you have additional questions regarding our Summerstock Workshops or experience any online registration issues, PLEASE EMAIL brian@curtaincallinc.com.
SUMMERSTOCK CREATIVE THEATRE FOR AGES 11-16 (Session has concluded.)
June 22 to July 3, 2020; Monday to Fridays, 10:00am to 3:00pm.
(The daily schedule will include a check-in period for a group warm-up exercise and announcements, three classroom periods approximately one-hour long in each of our theatre subjects: Modern Acting, Improv and Shakespeare, a lunch break, a special rehearsal period where students can receive individual instruction and coaching, and our check-out period to answer any questions and review any announcements or homework assignments.)
Through rotating study in Improv, Shakespeare and Modern Acting in age-appropriate groups (5th and 6th grade, 7th and 8th grade, high school), students will tap into their own creativity drawing upon the instincts, teamwork and timing built in Improv, the technique and discipline
SUMMERSTOCK MUSICAL THEATRE FOR AGES 11-16 (Registration for session has closed. Session concludes July 17.)
July 6 to 17, 2020; Monday to Fridays, 10:00am to 3:00pm.
(The daily schedule will include a check-in period for a group warm-up exercise and announcements, three classroom periods approximately one-hour long in each of our theatre subjects: Acting, Dance and Voice, a lunch break, a special rehearsal period where students can receive individual instruction and coaching, and our check-out period to answer any questions and review any announcements or homework assignments.)
This fun and focused, full-day workshop will sharpen skills in singing, acting and dance. In age-appropriate groups (5th and 6th grade, 7th and 8th grade, high school), students will rotate between these three subjects and be introduced to various musicals that share a common theme.
SUMMERSTOCK JUNIOR FOR AGES 6-11 (two, separate, two-week sessions)
Session One: July 20 to 31, 2020; Monday to Fridays, 12:00pm to 3:00pm. (This session is no longer available for registration.)
Session Two: August 3 to 14, 2020; Monday to Friday, 12:00pm to 3:00pm. (Registration is STILL available.)
(The daily schedule will include a check-in period for a group warm-up exercise, show and tell, and announcements, three classroom periods in each of our theatre subjects: Acting/Improv, Voice and Musical Staging, a snack break and our check-out period to answer any questions and review any announcements or homework assignments.)
Summerstock Junior provides a strong foundation in acting and performance for ages six to eleven by offering a balance of script acting, improv, musical theatre and special craft projects using items from home. Students will receive specialized instruction in age-appropriate groups (ages six to eight and ages nine to eleven).
A few images from past Summerstock and Summerstock Junior programs:
Curtain Call’s Summer Youth Theatre (SYT)
For nearly thirty years, Curtain Call’s Summer Youth Theatre has provided creative outlets for youth both on stage and behind the scenes. Rehearsals are typically held Monday to Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 9:30pm (with some weekends) beginning mid-June while crew work on sets, costumes, lights, etc. takes place Saturdays from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Performances are typically the first two weeks in August. Overall, our Summer Youth Theatre provides nearly 100 hours of creative enrichment and interaction for youth with common interests under the guidance of a team of area professionals.
Participation fee for cast and crew is $50. (Each additional sibling receives $25 off.)
(PLEASE NOTE: Curtain Call’s Summer Youth Theatre is its own, individual program and NOT part of Curtain Call’s Summerstock and Summerstock Junior workshop programs.)
*New information as of June 14, 2020:
In compliance with the safety and mitigation guidelines projected for the Summer and Fall of 2020 regarding the possibility of live, theatrical performances amid COVID-19, Curtain Call will NOT be holding its Summer Youth Theatre production of Big the Musical, planned to begin production this June. HOWEVER…Curtain Call and its Summer Youth Theatre will be presenting a CONCERT EVENT that will allow for a more safer and more agreeable situation for our participants and audiences. Young artists grade 4 thru age twenty-one can NOW submit their auditions via online.
That’s right! T-shirts, crew-neck sweatshirts and sweat pants are available featuring a new graphic design by SYT members Lily Fine and Liam Gelling. T-shirts are just $16, Crew-neck Sweatshirts and Sweatpants are $25. (Orders will be submitted for printing once we’ve reached at least 25 orders for any one item.)
TV AND FILM ACTING ONLINE FOR TEENS (grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
