youth

Sarah McDonald is an actor, director and acting instructor who has performed in or directed more than one hundred productions. Winner of numerous awards for acting and directing, Sarah has dedicated much of her theatrical career to teaching young people and is a prominent figure in youth theatre within the province and without. Having founded the once popular Stargazer Youth Theatre, her recent credits include the conceptualization and coordination of Stage Head Academy - TNL's youth theatre intensive and the establishment of an outreach program which is currently reaching as far as Tasmania.

YOUTH THEATRE PROGRAM

Theatre Newfoundland Labrador operates a hugely popular youth theatre program dedicated to the promotion of the arts in young people. Through our program, we hope to enable students to develop the focus, confidence, and communication skills that can impact every aspect of their lives. Classes are designed to encourage risk-taking and promote the discovery of individual strengths as well as team-work and work ethic. Students Grades 4 and up are given the opportunity of performing in one of a number of our very challenging and popular youth theatre productions.

TNL's youth theatre classes are closed for the winter semester. Our next semester of classes begin in September. Please check back in August for information on registration for the fall semester. Meanwhile please show your interest and support for youth theatre by attending our next production - Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBLITY (adaptation by Jon Jory) playing at the Arts & Culture Centre August 26 - 28, 2013.

We are presently accepting application for our youth theatre intensive - Stage Head Academy for children aged 6 - 18 years. Please see below for more information on Stage Head. Classes are structured according to age and grade and run for ten (10) sessions.

For more information on youth theatre please contact Sara...h McDonald @ 639 7238 or email youth@theatrenewfoundland.com

Stage Head Academy
Stage Head Academy is an intensive and preparatory theatre study program for youth aged 16 ‐ 18 years.

Designed for those students who may be considering a career in theatre, Stage Head Academy is a two week theatre intensive taught by 'professionals‐in‐the‐field' and company members of our Gros Morne Theatre Festival. The program runs for two weeks from July 15th ‐ July 30th, 2013. Students will attend classes in Cow Head for one week and then move to Corner Brook where they will continue with classes and prepare to present in their own end‐of‐program production. The curriculum includes classes on various theatre components such as movement, acting, stagecraft, playwriting, character study etc.

Students must apply to the program and the deadline for application is May 1st, 2013. The cost of the program is $450. For more information contact Sara...h McDonald @
639 7238 or write youth@theatrenewfoundland.com

Click HERE to download Stage Head Academy application.