The 2008 Broadway Teachers Workshop included:

 
* TICKET TO FOUR SHOWS with post show cast discussions including:

  • Session A (July 14 – 16, 2008): YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the new musical A CATERED AFFAIR, directed by John Doyle, the new musical 39 STEPS, and the new musical TITLE OF SHOW
  • Session B (July 17 –19, 2008): YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the new musical A CATERED AFFAIR, directed by John Doyle, the new musical 39 STEPS, and the revival of SOUTH PACIFIC
  • Session C – Newly added! (July 10 – 12, 2008): YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the new musical A CATERED AFFAIR, directed by John Doyle, the new musical 39 STEPS, and the new musical TITLE OF SHOW


* 8 WORKSHOP SESSIONS included choices such as:

  • Practical Production Resources:
    A Broadway designer, production manager and stage manager explore methods, ideas and resources for making the most of your production budget and making your shows look their best.  Take home a practical guide for production resources, stage management, and scheduling.
  • Backstage Tour at a Broadway Theatre:
    Join a Broadway stage manager for a rare look backstage at a Broadway theatre!
  • Peer Resource - Idea Forum:
    Trade lesson plans, production experiences, ideas, secrets, and methods with your peers from around the world.  Take home a BTW lesson plan booklet, compiled from lessons and ideas contributed by the group.
  • The Reflecting Pool:
    Explore how we can mine our practice of mirroring to help artists connect to each other, to the material, to the audience and to the self. Find variations on mirroring to use for warming up, ensemble building, staging and even to launch long-form improves.
  • How to Create Choreography for Non-Dancers!
    Work with a Broadway choreographer to explore methods for creating specific, story-driven choreography that any student can learn.
  • I Can Do That: Broadway Dance Combinations:
    Learn a combination from one or more of the shows you’ll be seeing.
  • Producing High School Theatre: Marketing and Fund Raising:
    How to apply Broadway producing methods to academic theatre – and how to cultivate support and expand audiences for your theatre program.
  • Age on the Stage: Make-Up that convinces:
    Watch a Broadway make up designer transform a student into an older character and learn  practical techniques and helpful hints.
  • Safety and Stage Combat:
    Work with Broadway fight directors to explore the basic building blocks of stage combat and safety.
  • From High School to Broadway: School Choices and Career Options:
    An intimate discussion with a cross section of Broadway artists and professionals, who discuss their journey from high school to Broadway and share their thoughts on University vs. Conservatory experiences and options for your students.
  • Music Theatre International presentation:
    Producing musical theatre in your school…new material, new methods, and fresh ideas.
  • Casting A Broadway Show:
    With a Broadway casting director and Broadway performers, explore the process of casting a show from open calls to audition appointments to opening night and beyond.
  • Anyone Can Sing:
    Explore the world of creating a new musical through the eyes of one of Broadway’s most dynamic music directors.  What is the journey from script to first reading to Broadway?  What is the connection between music and story telling?  Learn techniques you can bring home and apply to your student productions!

View photos from the 2008 workshops. (coming soon)