Educational Programs

Summer Spectacular

In this eight hour a day, four week theatre arts camp, young artists rotate through a series of workshops including acting, dance, audition techniques; lighting, costume, and set design; acting for video and television production. The classes are taught by experienced theatre artists and include workshops with the theatre's award winning artistic staff. The camp wraps up with performances on the Hippodrome stage where young actors share their talents with family and friends.
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Class Act

This eight hour a day, four week summer camp takes older actors into the professional theatre process. Students learn all aspects of play production including marketing, props, lighting, set and costume design. Workshops include acting, dance, and audition techniques as well as acting for video and television production. The classes are taught by experienced theatre artists and include workshops with the theatre's award winning artistic staff. The grand finale is a crowd pleasing performance for family and friends on the Hippodrome stage.
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HITT

The Hippodrome Improvisational Teen Theatre Program was created in 1984 to provide teens with a way to creatively explore their attitudes about such serious life issues as alcohol and substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS. Since that time, HITT has provided over 30,000 teens with the resources to make positive choices necessary to protect them from addiction, violence and mental health problems. HITT is a prevention and intervention program targeting 100% at-risk youth from diverse backgrounds and ethnic populations, primarily economically disadvantaged, underserved and minority youth. The program's overall goal is to provide participants with a sense that they can succeed and to furnish them with the skills and knowledge necessary to resist high-risk behaviors.
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