Summer Institute Set to Enroll at Trinity Rep

Young Actors Take Center Stage in Summer Session; Enrollment Begins January 4

For the sixth summer, Trinity Rep will open its doors for boys and girls in grades 5-12 to explore a world of creativity and theater under the instruction of Rhode Island’s most knowledgeable theater professionals with the Young Actors Summer Institute. The Summer Institute offers students a challenging five weeks of study in the fields of studying acting, playwriting, dance and much more.  The Summer Institute runs from June 30 to July 31, with a middle and high school optional extension week from August 2-7 (students participating in the extension week will be working to put on a Shakespeare production, and any student entering 8th-12th grade is welcome to enroll). Students will work in the Pell Chafee Performance Center (home to the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs), located at 87 Empire St., Providence as well as Trinity Rep’s Lederer Theater Center at 201 Washington St. in Providence. Call (401) 521-1100 x114 for registration information, or visit Trinity Rep’s Education department online at www.trinityrep.com. 

Trinity Rep’s Young Actors Summer Institute provides kids and teens with a hands-on experience, exposing students to a wide range of topics taught by Associate Artistic Director Tyler Dobrowsky; members of Trinity’s resident acting company including Mauro Hantman and Fred Sullivan Jr.; Trinity Rep education staff Caroline Azano and Jordan Butterfield; pianist Vicki Dorazio; Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs students and local artists and educators. This wide range of talent draws from years of experience as theater professionals on and offstage with a varied background in acting, directing, teaching and improv.

Students at Trinity’s Young Actors Summer Institute will have the opportunity to pick and choose from a wide array of electives including: Shakespeare, improv, yoga, playwriting, directing, audition techniques, mask making, theatrical design, voice, hip hop, movement, painting and drawing, and more.  The Summer Institute culminates with a two days of final performances for parents and guests on the Trinity Rep stage. 

The Summer Institute meets Monday through Friday with half, full, or extended day options.  Regular, full day enrollment meets from 9:00am–4:30pm with an enrollment fee of $1300.  Returning students from last season's classes are offered a discounted rate of $1150.  There are also two half-day option being offered, with morning sessions meeting from 9AM to 11:45AM for $600, or in the afternoons from 12:15 PM to 4:30PM for $700.  Extended day enrollment meets from 7:30am–6pm throughout the run of the camp for an additional $275 fee. Students participating in YASI Shakes, the extension week class offered, will pay an additional fee of $275. Thanks to the support of Hasbro Children’s Fund, scholarships are available.  Students can reserve a spot with a nonrefundable $300 deposit (the balance of which is due on May 3), and scholarship students may reserve a spot with $50 upon registration. Students who sign up in January receive a special discounted fee of only $1100! For detailed information regarding tuition and scholarships call (401) 521-1100 x114, or visit Trinity Rep’s Education section at www.trinityrep.com.

“We believe that theater has the power to enhance and transform young people’s lives,” states Carrie Azano, Education Director. “Arts education allows children to become creative problem solvers, helps to develop strong literacy and critical thinking skills, and provides them an opportunity to learn more about the world, and about themselves. These positive outcomes are all the more important given the current test-based educational climate.”