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THE
Toronto Youth Theatre 2008 SUMMER PROGRAM
Registration is open
Auditions continue through June
To
sign up:
Email:
info@torontoyouththeatre.org
Phone: 416 915 6747
The Toronto Youth Theatre
Summer Program is a six week intensive program of classes
and rehearsals culminating in two original works. Participants
will be divided into two streams - musical and non-musical.
The two groups will work to create and perform two original
plays to be performed during the last week of the program.
TYT 2008 SUMMER PROGRAM
MUSICAL THEATRE ENSEMBLE
Presents:
A
Musical Called
ROBIN HOOD
Book By Jeremy Hutton
Music and Lyrics by Jeremy Hutton & Kieren MacMillan
Based on the Family Show
created by Shakepseare
By The Sea
Original Story, Book,
Music and Lyrics by
Jeremy Hutton, Kevin MacPherson, William Foley, Kate Smith,
Jesse Maclean and the Shakespeare by the Sea Company
SYNOPSIS
It is 12th century England. King Richard has been captured
and the country is suffering under the tyrannical rule of
his idiot brother Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Robin of Locksley, a dashing and clever archer, returns
from the crusades to find that Prince John has appropriated
his castle, and taxed the peasantry into poverty. Robin
goes to Sherwood Forest where he joins a band of merry outlaws,
led by Willow Scarlet. He convinces the merry men to take
the money they steal from the rich and… Well, you
know the rest. At first familiar, our story takes wild turns
down a path of chaos and comedy. Goons, gunpowder dogs,
and chipmunk ballerinas converge in a world where logic
and reason are undermined by ludicrously evil plots. Full
of deception, love, betrayal and kittens, Robin Hood is
a riotous romp through the musical world of Sherwood Forest.
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TYT 2008 SUMMER PROGRAM
CREATIVE ENSEMBLE
presents
GANGSTER
an original play
Using a fictional tale
of a 1930s, Al Capone-style gangster, the cast will work
collaboratively with director Michael Wheeler to create
a new piece of theatre that explores how a .determined and
manipulative individual can use fear and money take over
an urban centre. A collaborative production inspired by
Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Urturo Ui, Gangster
is inhabited by a multitude of figures that make up a city
from bankers and grocers, to policemen and criminals. This
ensemble based production will challenge the entire cast
to play multiple roles working to create a metropolis thrown
into chaos.
In the TYT Creative Ensemble,
students will Create a NEW, orignal, non-musical
play with professional director Michael
Wheeler. Rehearsals will be geared toward a
high caliber production and will use tools
such as improvisation, physical theatre, storytelling, script
analysis and character development to create this original
production. This new work will be performed for a week at
the Lower Ossington Theatre.
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UP
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CLASSES
Each student will spend
the mornings in intensive classes aimed at improving their
skills as theatre artists. Both the musical and non-musical
casts will participate in the same classes.
These classes include:
Movement - Ame Henderson
Voice and Speach - Jeremy Hutton
Voice and Song
Dance - Ashleigh Powell
Acting - Charles Roy
Stage Combat - Jeremy Hutton
Students who can not commit
to the full six week program are encouraged to join us for
our morning classes on weekly rate
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SCHEDULE
Week 1 - 5
(July 2nd to August 1st)
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Both groups take morning classes in vocal and physical technique
and fundamental acting - invaluable skills for all performers.
The classes include such subjects as movement, clown, mask,
stage combat, voice and improvisation. In the afternoons,
the two programs will work individually on their own original
shows with some of toronto's top directors, designers, composers
and choreographers.
Final Week(August
4th to August 9th)
Monday to Saturday times TBA
This is tech and performance week! Both shows will be performed
togehter, one after the other, on each performance night.
Tech and dress rehearsals will lead up to Opening Night!
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PERFORMANCE
DATES
August 6th at 7:30pm
August 7th at 7:30pm
August 8th at 7:30pm
August 9th at 2:00pm
August 9th at 7:30pm
All Auditions and rehearsals take
place at the
Lower Ossington Theatre
100A Ossington Ave.
Toronto, ON
M6J 2Z4
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FEES
Contact
us for information on our 2008 Summer Program Fees
This is a required
non-refundable fee for all those
participating in the 2008 Summer Program. A 50% deposit
will be required upon acceptance. Please contact us to find
out further information regarding fees.
We do offer a limited amount of financial
assistance in the form of bursaries. Please contact
us for further information regarding bursary applications.
Email:
info@torontoyouththeatre.org
Phone: 416 915 6747
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Up
Sign Up for an Audition!
And get all of the up-to-date information for our 2008 spring
and summer programs emailed directly to you!
We work to ensure that
every interested young person has the opportunity to develop
an artistic voice under the mentorship of professional artists
and educators. Our program is open to everyone and anyone
aged 13 to 20, from across the Greater Toronto Area, regardless
of previous theatre experience.
OUR
MISSION STATEMENT
The Toronto Youth
Theatre (TYT) is a registered charity that is dedicated
to giving students the chance to work and perform in a professional
theatre setting.
Our fundamental goal is to assist in the personal, cultural,
and social development of young people through the practice
of theatre.
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