TRaC is back.
As if you didn’t know — the summer Teen Reviewers and Critics (TRaC) program is NOW recruiting for our July/August!
Think about it. FREE access to NYC art, music, theater and dance, eleven new friends from all backgrounds and boroughs, lively debate, writing, flip-flops, subway adventures, August sunshine, pizza, mini frisbees….
Need we say more??
Sign up now for one or more of 5 special two-day workshops on a first-come, first-served basis. Anyone in high school is eligible. Participants will attend a Thursday night performance, write a review, and meet up the following Tuesday for a writing workshop from 4:30pm – 7:30pm in the ArtsConnection/High 5 building in Manhattan (8th Ave and 36th Street).
Just as in our Fall and Spring TRaC programs, Summer TRaC workshops will include debate and discussion about the show, writing activities, an opportunity to publish your work and whatever else participants bring to it! (If you’ve ever wondered what the 8-week TRaC programs in the fall and spring were like, this is a great way to get a snapshot of the experience.) Each session will be taught by one of the veteran TRaC Instructors, all of whom are working artists and critics.
For more information, dates and instructions on how to sign up follow the link…..
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Teen Reviewers and Critics
Disguised as a two-for-one musical biography, Tin Pan Alley Rag deepens as it lengthens. The show revolves around a dreamed-up encounter between two of America’s very real great composers: Messrs. Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin. In some ways, the meeting transpires like you might expect. The two great men recount the details of unlikely rises, the backstory on revolutionary musical hits, and the pain of loss that nothing can reverse. This is a tale of the highs and the lows that make any brilliant career worth telling about.
What changes the situation is the fact that Joplin (Boatman) needs something from Berlin (Therriault). After taking the musical world by storm and accomplishing greatness, he wishes for more. Rather than continue to write ragtime, he wishes to evolve his own beast. Joplin writes an African-American opera. And he wants Mr. Berlin to back its staging. Nobody else will, but Joplin needs to see the project realized to honor his late wife, who he loved beyond all reason. [click to continue…]
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Roundabout Theater Company,
Teen Reviewers and Critics
The Tin Pan Alley Rag, written by Mark Saltzberg, is based on a true story about two well known “Kings of Rag”. Taking place in the early 1900s, this play spans a mere several days, its contents ranging from flashbacks to musical hits. Irving “Izzy” Berlin, played by Michael Themault, is a modern, cocky musician who writes songs solely for their profit. Earning himself the title “King of Rag” because of the hits he publishes, Izzy believes he knows everything about music, though he is only 28. Into his office, seeking the publication of his new opera walks Scott Joplin, played by Michael Boatman, weak, frail and reaking of rag. Famous for his catchy compositions and sheer muscal talent, Joplin himself wore the crown as “King of Rag” years ago, but is now too consumed with his new opera to write hit songs. [click to continue…]
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Laura Pels Theatre,
Roundabout Theater Company,
Teen Reviewers and Critics
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Are you open-minded and adventurous? An arts lover? A writer, perhaps? Then you’ve got to check out High 5′s FREE Teen Reviewers and Critics (TRaC) Program.
TRaC is an exceptional opportunity for committed high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who want to explore and experience the arts in New York City. Participants see first-hand how artists work, think and live; attend cutting-edge theater, dance and music performances; visit artists’s studios, funky gallaries and contemporary art museums; master NYC’s subway system; meet like-minded peers from all over NY and NJ; learn the art of discussion and critical writing; AND discover more about themselves! [click to continue…]
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