Theater Arts

Summer Theater: Teen Conservatory, Ages 13-18

"Playing Shakespeare" Teen Conservatory, Ages 13-18
Directed by Mariah Sanford-White
with David Snider and other master teaching artists in voice, movement and acting

Two-week daily program, Monday-Friday: July 6 to July 17
1pm to 4pm
Hubbard Hall Mainstage
Cost: $270
Scholarships and internships available, application deadline June 26.
David Andrew Snider, Teen Conservatory Director
Showcase: Friday, July 17 at 3pm, Hubbard Hall Mainstage

This two-week intensive is intended as an introduction to actor training for young artists, using theater games, voice & speech, movement, text analysis and stage combat to develop students’ abilities to express themselves and create vibrant characters on stage for themselves and their audiences. Focused on the creation of characters and scenes from Shakespeare, this fun, collaborative process will also deepen students’ understanding of Shakespeare’s world and work, culminating in a free showcase sharing of their work on the final day of the course.

About the Director:

Mariah Sanford-White is the Theater Director for Léman Manhattan Preparatory School in New York City. She has also taught at the Dalton School and at Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York, and she has worked as a private voice and dialect coach in Chicago and London.  At Hubbard Hall, Mariah directed the Children’s Theatre Group for 11 years, performed multiple times with the Theater Company at Hubbard Hall, taught voice and dance/theatre classes, and worked as a director, vocal coach, and choreographer. She is currently on the Board of Directors. Mariah holds degrees in Theatre and Voice from Northwestern University and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is training to be an Anusara yoga teacher with the World Yoga Center.

About the Faculty:

David Andrew Snider has directed and performed Shakespeare at theaters in England and throughout the U.S. for over twenty years, having worked extensively Off-Broadway with the New York Shakespeare Festival, Jean Cocteau Repertory and Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich, England and the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) in Washington, DC.  He was on the full-time faculty of Shakespeare Theatre Company 2001-2004 and ran both Camp Shakespeare and Text Alive!, training thousands of youth and adult learners in Shakespeare's text, movement, acting, stage combat, mask work and commedia dell'arte.  He is an Adjunct Professor in the Performing Arts Department at American University in Washington, DC and Executive Director of Hubbard Hall.