Roundabout Theatre Company’s after school program, Roundabout Youth Ensemble (RYE, formerly Student Production Workshop), is a student-led theatre company modeled after Roundabout’s professional theatre production process.
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GET TICKETSWHEN
Sunday, August 11, 12:00pm and 6:00pm
Monday, August 12, 12:00pm and 6:00pm
WHERE
Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre 111 W. 46th St. (Between 6th and 7th Aves)
Watch summer 2018's production of Smaller This Year.
Please note that Roundabout Youth Ensemble is a FREE program for New York City public high school students.
OVERVIEW
FALL
Interviews and auditions to become a member of the RYE ensemble. Students will be placed into a theatrical track for the school year. These tracks are performance, tech/design, and playwriting. Throughout the fall each track will meet once a week to learn about their discipline through workshops and hands-on projects. Once a month the ensemble will come together to see a Roundabout production and meet with professional artists.
WINTER
The ensemble will continue to meet on a weekly basis working towards producing a showcase where playwrights, designers, and performers can share the work they’ve been doing. The group will see each of Roundabout’s winter productions.
SPRING
Interviews for RYE leaders will take place. Three plays will be expanded and produced by the RYE ensemble as staged readings in Roundabout’s Black Box Theatre—the final school-year event for the ensemble.
SUMMER
RYE leaders hold open auditions for student actors and interview student designers for the summer production. Once the company is selected, they embark on a seven week student-led production process, culminating in four public performances in August.
If you have any questions, email us at rye@roundabouttheatre.org.
Roundabout Youth Ensemble is made possible through the support of The Pinkerton Foundation.