Out-of-School Programs

Out-of-School Programs Summer Youth Intensive Youth Council Apply Now

Where:  The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

Who: Ages 13 – 19 welcome. No acting experience necessary!  Apply for as many projects as you want with one application.

ASP offers year-round opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to perform, create, and form community with each other. Propose projects, develop artistic and leadership skills, and just have fun!

 

2024-2025 Programs:

 

The Iliad

A play adaptation by ASP Youth Ensemble Member August Ehrlich

Based on the translation by Emily Wilson

Fall 2024

STAGED READING: December 2024, Details To Be Announced!

Putting a brand-new spin on the classics! This fall, ASP Lead Teaching Artist Emily Thibodeau is mentoring our youth ensemble member August Ehrlich on a play adaptation of The Iliad (working from Emily Wilson’s translation). We are thrilled to be hosting a staged reading of this original piece in December and we warmly invite all youth who are interested to take roles in that reading!

Tuition for the staged reading rehearsal process is $150. Scholarship support is available on a sliding scale.
 
 
Audition Workshop
 
Led by ASP Artistic Director Christopher V. Edwards
 
October 26, 2024
10 am – 1 pm
 
We are partnering with our new neighbors at Watertown Children’s Theatre (WCT) for this offering! In this workshop, teens will learn strategies and skills to use when auditioning for Shakespeare productions and performing classical texts. This workshop is ideal for students planning to audition for WCT’s production of Much Ado about Nothing, but is open to any teens looking to learn more about preparing and performing Shakespeare!

Pay-what-you-can sliding scale from $10-$25. Please pay what is best for your family. Those who can afford the higher tuition help support community members who need to pay the lower cost.

REGISTER HERE!
 
 
Winter-Spring 2025
 
This slot is currently open! Contact ASP Director of Education Lindsay Williams (lindsay@actorsshakespeareproject.org) to discuss or propose a project.
 
 
Summer Youth Intensive 2025

July 2025

This month-long intensive is entering its 15th year and culminates in a fully mounted production of a Shakespeare play. Teens of all experience welcome and encouraged to apply.

Tuition for the project is $2,000. Scholarship support is available on a sliding scale.