AUDITIONS!

Auditions for the 2008-09 company will be held on Sept. 17,2008.

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The NHTP Youth Repertory program is designed for students ages 10-17 who have a serious commitment to the theatre arts and are interested in a pre-professional drama experience. Participation is by audition only, and actors are accepted into the company for the entire school year. All rehearsals and classes are mandatory. Youth Repertory Company members have additional opportunities to participate in master classes with national and international artists, in-school touring programs, seminars in theatre history and dramatic literature, and internships in directing, acting, technical theatre, and drama in education.

›› Download the Youth Repertory Company Brochure. (PDF)

 

Senior Youth Repertory Company

 

Stage Door, 2006

For experienced, disciplined students who are seriously interested in the craft of acting. Mandatory commitment is one night per week September to March, and one-three nights per week in April and May. Fall session focuses on acting technique, vocal & physical training and scene study. In the spring, company members rehearse a full-length classical theatre performance
with professional production design and support.

Past productions include Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht, The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, Stage Door by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Twelfth Night, Idiot’s Delight by Robert Sherwood, The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, and Harvey by Mary Chase.

2008/09 Production:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , by William Shakespeare
May 15-24, 2009

Director: Genevieve Aichele
Limited to 20 participants

October 1, 2008 - May 24, 2009
Annual tuition: $675

2007/08 rehearsal schedule (sample)

   
Junior Youth Repertory Company  
Ernie's Incredible Illucinations, 2006

The Junior Company is designed for students who do not have the performing experience or time availabity to participate in the Senior Company. Mandatory commitment is one afternoon per week September to December, with some additional rehearsals scheduled January to April. The Junior Company works on acting skills, monologues and scene study in the fall, and presents a full-length production based on classic literature in the spring.

Past performances have included Macbeth's Children by Michael  Bettencourt, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ernie's Incredible Illucinations by Alan Ayckbourn, C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, King Arthur's Court and Challenging Athena: A Tapestry of Greek Myths, both by Genevieve Aichele.

2008/09 Production:
Revenge of the Space Pandas, by David Mamet
April 10-12, 2009

Director: Meghann Beauchamp

Annual tuition: $625
Limited to 18 participants
Meets Wednesdays, 5:00-6:45 PM
October 1, 2008 - April 12, 2009

2007/08 rehearsal schedule (sample)


The NHTP Youth Repertory Company will hold auditions for the 2008/09 Junior and Senior companies on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 from 4-9 PM.  Please call 603-431-6644 x 2 to set up an audition appointment.

Please prepare two contrasting monologues (one classical), total length no more than 4 minutes. Monologues must be memorized. You must be accompanied by your parent or guardian. Please bring a headshot and resume if you have one.

For additional information about our Youth Rep Companies call (603) 431-6644 or email gen@nhtheatreproject.org.