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Spring Young Company
Program Dates
January 3 to 29, 2023
Arrival: Monday, January 2 Departure: Monday, January 30
Tuition Fees
$4,875 USD
Early payment discount: Pay the full tuition by October 15 and save $600.
This program was designed for high school students who are looking to begin or continue their actor training. These young actors work on voice, movement, text, scene work, and more, often finding what they haven’t found elsewhere before.
Spring Session 2023
The program runs February 28 – May 6, 2023. Classes meet twice a week. Auditions are required.
Auditions
- In-Person at Shakespeare & Company: Friday, January 6 from 4pm – 8pm and Saturday, January 7 from 10am – 4pm, located at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
Program Tuition: $700
For more information or to schedule an audition, please e-mail springsyco@gmail.com.
Financial Aid
Financial assistance is available, in the form of partial scholarships and paid positions. Please contact springsyco@gmail.com for more information.
FAQs:
What is Spring Young Company?
Spring Young Company is a ten-week program through which actors can take a huge steps forward in their actor training. During the course of the program, students have the chance to explore voice, movement, clown, and to experience Shakespeare’s text in a more rigorous, deep, and playful way.
How often do we meet?
Spring Young Company meets one weekday and one weekend morning per week, in-person.
What do I need to do to be a part of this?
Each participant must prepare an audition with 12–15 lines of Shakespeare’s text written in verse that they feel strongly about. Faculty may want to hear more about the connection. To schedule an audition, applicants should email springsyco@gmail.com with their name, school, and application that includes a brief paragraph of interest. Auditions take place Friday, January 6 from 4 pm – 8 pm and Saturday, January 7 from 10 am – 4 pm. Please note in the email if an alternate audition time may be needed.
What are the dates?
Auditions
- In-Person at Shakespeare & Company: Friday, January 6 from 4pm – 8pm and Saturday, January 7 from 10am – 4pm, located at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
Program start date: Febrary 28, 2023
Performance Dates*: May 5 and 6, 2023
Program end date: May 6, 2023
Performance Dates*: May 5 and 6, 2023
Program end date: May 6, 2023
What is the tuition?
Tuition for Spring Young Company is $700. Financial aid is available. Applications for Financial Aid are due at the time of your audition.
Interested? Please send us your application at springsyco@gmail.com! Once we receive your application, we will reach out and arrange an audition time.
*Possibly an outdoor performance on one of Shakespeare and Company’s outdoor stages.
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You will study...
.01 Linklater Voice
The full progression of Kristin Linklater’s approach to voice training for actors is taught during the four weeks by Designated Linklater voice teachers. In addition to daily classes in Linklater, voice teachers regularly join in text classes and offer specialized classes to help participants integrate the voice work into their scenes.
.02 Movement
The movement progression includes Pure Movement (Swings), Alexander Technique, physical expressivity, and dance. Participants will be guided through exercises to promote awareness of (and release from) habitual body tension, sensitivity to impulse, dynamic physical presence and stamina, delight in moving with passion and precision, and ensemble.
.03 Text Work
Basics introduces the actor to a text approach which demands an open and personal commitment to thought, word, and gesture. Basics evolves into scene work, first through Dropping In (an approach to experiencing the text on a word-by-word basis) and into text analysis and detailed scene work. Classes in Sonnet and Structure of the Verse round out the text progression, allowing actors to merge their personal connection with the form of Shakespeare’s language.
.04 Actor/Audience Relationship
The participant is invited to explore the Elizabethan world of Actor/Audience Relationship—a theatrical reality without a fourth wall, in which the immediate energy of the audience fuels the actor to reveal a deeper level of truth and experience, which in turns enkindles the audience’s ability to receive Shakespeare’s language.
.05 Clown & Stage Fight
The participant is invited to explore the Elizabethan world of Actor/Audience Relationship—a theatrical reality without a fourth wall, in which the immediate energy of the audience fuels the actor to reveal a deeper level of truth and experience, which in turns enkindles the audience’s ability to receive Shakespeare’s language.
Tuition
Full course tuition is
$4,875 USD
- Early payment discount: Pay the full tuition by October 15 and save $600.
A limited number of scholarships are available for People of the Global Majority/BIPOC artists from the Dennis Krausnick Fellowship Fund. Application and audition video due by October 15. Contact us for more information.
You will learn:
- A deeper connection of the body and voice when acting on stage
- Confidence to be fully present on stage when speaking Shakespeare's language
- An understanding of the forms and structures that support the actor’s emotional, visceral and cognitive imagination
- The skills necessary to authentically deliver Shakespeare’s language with accuracy, specificity, and clarity of thought
- A renewed trust in yourself as a theatre artist
