Center Stage Texas is a non-profit theatre that is home to kidsActing, available to rent by the public for live shows and screenings, and is also home to Center Stage Texas Outreach Programs. The outreach programs provide free theatre classes to hundreds of children in the East Austin...
Center Stage Texas is a non-profit theatre that is home to kidsActing, available to rent by the public for live shows and screenings, and is also home to Center Stage Texas Outreach Programs. The outreach programs provide free theatre classes to hundreds of children in the East Austin community.
%newline% Our mission is to provide a gathering place where kids from diverse backgrounds can each bring his or her own perspective and sensibilities to the creative process. They can be actors, writers, directors, designers, producers, choreographers, filmmakers, business managers, publicists -- as involved as they want to be because it's their theatre. It offers opportunities to learn and to lead—a place for young people to thrive, contributing to each other and creating community.
%newline% Center Stage Texas is the brainchild of Dede Clark who has been involved with youth theatre in Austin for 30 years through kidsActing. Our theatre in East Austin is a gathering place where young people with a passion for the arts can develop a sense of community. Center Stage has hit the ground running and is already working with resident company, kidsActing, to create various fun and educational programs, such as:
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%newline% · Community Outreach – “Campbell kids”--We have begun a program with nearby Campbell elementary school. Groups of school children meet at Center Stage during the week to explore the magic of theatre and the arts. Free to participants (over 250 children served). A program with Headstart is in development.
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%newline%· Sundays at Center Stage - Free workshops for youth taught by professionals. Topics will include writing, directing, acting, singing, songwriting, choreography, producing and design.
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%newline%· Movie Night - Sing-along to movie musicals!
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%newline%· Youth productions - Young people will develop and create their own productions and participate in all capacities required to produce a show, from creative to business.
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%newline%· Scholarship programs for acting classes and camps—For un Youth productions - Young people will develop and create their own productions and participate in all capacities required to produce a show, from creative to business.
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