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    Youth Theater Company, Showcase 2019.
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    Emergent Company, Showcase 2019.
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    Cole Gilder in "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead," 2019.
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    Fall 2019 Youth Company

Youth Theatre Lab

The Youth Theatre Lab is a summer camp program which aims to inspire, challenge, and amplify the authentic expression of young people through the performance and production of theatre. The Lab features a well-rounded theatre curriculum for middle and high school students focusing on training and performance.

About

Our week-long Lab offers serious theatre training taught by seasoned teachers and theatre professionals in a playful, supportive, and friendly way. The Lab focuses on the fundamentals of acting, including different acting techniques to build up your “toolbox,” a variety of performance workshops, like movement, improvisation, and voice and speech, and a culminating live performance at our theatre.

Goal

At Vermont Stage, our Youth Theatre Lab aims to produce confident, curious, and compassionate teens. This program fosters a teen’s sense of belonging and meaningful connections with their peers. It also develops life skills which smooth the transition to adulthood, including teaching: 

• Empathy and compassion for others
• Collaboration
• Confidence with public speaking
• Commitment to challenging projects
• Insightful reading comprehension and text analysis
• Trust in themselves

We hope you will join us for our week-long theatre training program for teens! We will be hosting two week-long sessions, open to middle and high school students, ages 13-18.
  • Sign-up
  • Lab Leaders
  • Schedule
  • FAQs
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The cost is $365 per student per week-long session, which runs from Monday through Saturday. The program cost includes two tickets to attend the live performance.

Session 1: June 16-June 21, 2025
​Monday through Thursday from 9am-3:30pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9am-9pm. Live performances will be on Friday evening June 20 at 7pm, Saturday matinee June 21 at 2pm, and Saturday evening June 21 at 7pm.
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Session 2: June 23-June 28, 2025
​Monday through Thursday from 9am-3:30pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9am-9pm. Live performances will be on Friday evening June 27 at 7pm, Saturday matinee June 28 at 2pm, and Saturday evening June 28 at 7pm.
Financial Aid
We are committed to reserving space for students with a financial need, although space is limited.

If you have a financial need and would like to apply to be considered for one of these spaces, please email your interest to Shoshannah Boray, Education Coordinator, at [email protected].
Candy Padula
Direction
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Alex Hudson
Acting
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Guest Artists
Our Youth Theatre Lab will have a different Guest Artist each day of the lab which will teach the students a new specialty. Here is a list of some of the guest artists that will be working with our students this year.
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Here is a PDF copy of what the schedule for the week is for each student. This schedule also includes the performances. 
What will I be doing at the Lab?
Each day students will be focused on 3 areas of performance study.
  • They will be learning the fundamentals of acting through scene work, monologues, and acting exercises.
  • They will have introductory lessons in skills that are foundational for any performer, like a session on stage combat, Shakespeare, choreography, voice and speech, and dialect work.
  • They will apply what they are learning to the rehearsals of a staged play which will culminate in a performance open to friends and family at the end of the week.
What is your policy on conflicts and absences?
Each student will have an important role to play in the staged performance so absences are not permitted. It is crucial that you look carefully at your availability and ensure you can commit to the entire week. 
Do you offer scholarships or financial aid?
We are committed to reserving space for students with a financial need. If you would like to apply to be considered for one of these spaces, please email your interest to Shoshannah Boray, Education Coordinator, at [email protected].
Sign-up
The cost is $365 per student per week-long session, which runs from Monday through Saturday. The program cost includes two tickets to attend the live performance.

Session 1: June 16-June 21, 2025
​Monday through Thursday from 9am-3:30pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9am-9pm. Live performances will be on Friday evening June 20 at 7pm, Saturday matinee June 21 at 2pm, and Saturday evening June 21 at 7pm.
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Session 2: June 23-June 28, 2025
​Monday through Thursday from 9am-3:30pm, and Friday and Saturday from 9am-9pm. Live performances will be on Friday evening June 27 at 7pm, Saturday matinee June 28 at 2pm, and Saturday evening June 28 at 7pm.
Lab Leaders
Candy Padula
Direction
Insert bio.
Alex Hudson
Acting
​Insert Bio.
Guest Artists
Our Youth Theatre Lab will have a different Guest Artist each day of the lab which will teach the students a new specialty. Here is a list of some of the guest artists that will be working with our students this year.
​
name and focus area
name and focus area
name and focus area
name and focus area
name and focus area
​name and focus area
Schedule
Here is a PDF copy of what the schedule for the week is for each student. This schedule also includes the performances. 
FAQs
What will I be doing at the Lab?
Each day students will be focused on 3 areas of performance study.
  • They will be learning the fundamentals of acting through scene work, monologues, and acting exercises.
  • They will have introductory lessons in skills that are foundational for any performer, like a session on stage combat, Shakespeare, choreography, voice and speech, and dialect work.
  • They will apply what they are learning to the rehearsals of a staged play which will culminate in a performance open to friends and family at the end of the week.
What is your policy on conflicts and absences?
Each student will have an important role to play in the staged performance so absences are not permitted. It is crucial that you look carefully at your availability and ensure you can commit to the entire week. 
Do you offer scholarships or financial aid?
We are committed to reserving space for students with a financial need. If you would like to apply to be considered for one of these spaces, please email your interest to Shoshannah Boray, Education Coordinator, at [email protected].