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EDUCATION PROGRAMS
The
musical theatre is one of our very few indigenous American art forms, one of
America's greatest gifts to the world, and New Line treats it with the
seriousness, respect, humor, and joy that it deserves. And more important to us
than anything is helping students and adults alike to better understand and
appreciate American musical theatre so they can enjoy going to the
theatre more than ever before. Toward that end, New Line offers a number of
services and programs to local high schools and colleges, all free-of-charge...
New
Line's Full-Service Website
-- More information about New Line and musiical theatre than you'll ever need,
including extensive background info on each of New Line's shows, Scott Miller's
background notes (from
his
books) on each New Line
show, an extensive, annotated
bibliography
of books about musical theatre, a comprehensive list of ALL the
musicals
coming up in St. Louis, a
comprehensive list of all the other
theatre
companies in St. Louis
and their websites, several pages of
musical
theatre links, cabaret
links, research links, licensing agents links, and much more.
St.
Louis Theatre Discussion List
-- a free, online discussion list about St.. Louis theatre, local productions,
auditions, theatre issues, interesting articles, and lots of lively debate. The
list has more than 350 members right now, and anyone can join! For more info, go
to
Yahoo!
Groups.
New Line's Scholarship
-- details on our
Scholarship Page
New
Line's Musical Theatre Classes
-- New Line partners with Leaping Lizards PPerforming Arts Studio to offer
musical theatre classes for adults and teens. For more info, go to
Classes.
New
Line's Student Rep Program
-- Every high school and college in the areea is invited to choose one student to
be its Student Rep. That student receives free tickets to all New Line shows,
free posters and other promotional stuff, background articles and other
materials, and an invitation to attend a New Line rehearsal. To join the
program, just
send
us the student's name and
email address.
New
Line's Intern Program
-- New Line accepts directing and technicall interns for all productions.
Email
us at for more details.
New
Line's Tech for Tickets Program
-- New Line offers free tickets to qualifieed students in exchange for hours
helping with the technical end of New Line shows
New
Line's Student Rush Tickets
-- Five minutes before the start of every NNew Line show, any seats still open
are available to students for only $9.00.
New
Line's Artistic Director Scott Miller will come to your school, to speak on
many topics, including...
-- a background discussion of whatever show is next for New Line,
including historical and social context, production history, the show's
central themes, its music and lyrics, its structure and form, its subtext, and
much more. (This is most valuable if the students are coming to see the show,
but it can be interesting even if they aren't.)
-- a background discussion of YOUR next musical, including historical
and social context, production history, the show's central themes, its music and
lyrics, its structure and form, its subtext, and much more
-- an audition workshop/master class in which Miller will work with
and critique your students to better prepare them for auditions in "the
real world"
-- a overview of musical theatre history, from the late 1800s to
the present, including the evolution of the art form, as well as the lesser
known musical theatre milestones that other historians ignore
-- discussions of more narrow topics, like the works of Rodgers and
Hammerstein, the works of Stephen Sondheim, the history of the rock musical, the
Federal Theatre Project in the late 30s, the present and future of musical
theatre, or pretty much any topic you can come up with...
Don't hesitate to
contact
us
for questions about our work, or about musical theatre in general. New Line is
here to promote musical theatre in our region. Part of that is our productions,
but another part is helping teachers and students.
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