71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 413-648-SHEA

Shea Theater Youth Theater Summer Session 1

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Monday, July 8, 9:00 am until 3:00 pm
Repeats until Friday, July 19, 9:00 am until 3:00 pm
The Shea Theater is proud to offer TWO two week summer theater sessions for youths ages 8-12. Led by Atticus and Enzo Belmonte. Special thanks to Eggtooth Productions

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The Shea Theater offers TWO two-week sessions of summer theater with Atticus and Enzo Belmonte for children ages 8-12.

DATES:

  • Session 1: July 8 - 19, 2024
  • Session 2: July 22 - August 2, 2024
  • From 9:00 AM till 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday

Each day of the program will be dedicated to creating and rehearsing the immersive theater performance, as well as learning and participating in various acting games and workshops. The performers will rehearse and perform in an immersive theater show based on a fairytale, a Shakespeare play, or a myth. This Immersive approach encourages imagination, collaboration, and creativity while teaching acting and movement techniques in a nurturing and holistic environment.

Performance of the immersive play will take place on the second Friday at 10 am at the Shea Theater on 71 Avenue A,Turners Falls, MA.

The cost is a sliding scale of $400-$650 with a limit of 20 children in each section. This fee includes snacks but not lunch. Deposit of $100 is required at registration with remainder due by June 15, 2024. A check may be made to: Shea Theater, PO Box 773, Turners Falls, MA, 01376

You can also register online by following the ticket link, above!

Atticus Belmonte is a writer, director, actor, and theater major at Bard College. He is a founder of Patch Productions that he formed with his brothers and several friends taking his immersive theater pieces to the Shea where they have offered several productions.

Enzo Belmonte is 16 years old and grew up doing theater, specifically Shakespeare and immersive theater. He has a special skill set in technical theater and will create lights and sound for the show.

The medium of Immersive Theater is an innovative theater format that allows audience members to wander wherever they wish within a play, finding characters and scenes at their own will in different rooms and spaces. No audience member has the same experience; they all will see different scenes in different locations, piecing together the story as they go.

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Underwriters

Australis Aquaculture • Artisan Beverage Cooperative • Benjamin Company • Berkshire Brewing Company • Cohn and Company Real Estate Agency • Community Credit • Common Capital • Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts • Connecticut River Internists • Dean's Beans • Easthampton Savings Bank • FirstLight GDF Suezna • Gill Tavern • Goff Media • Great Falls Harvest • Green River Festival • Greenfield Community College • Greenfield Cooperative Bank • Greenfield Savings Bank • Loot • Massachusetts Cultural Council • Montague WebWorks • Northeast Solar • People's Pint • Rainmaker Consulting • The Rendezvous • Solar Store of Greenfield • Stobierski and Connor • Told Video • True North Transit • Turn It Up

Special thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year in the form of a Cultural Sector Recovery Grant for Organizations, as well as a Festivals & Projects Grant. We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!