Now in its seventh year, the Summer Youth Theatre Institute (SYTI) is a fun program for all ages that provides an opportunity for local community youth to collaborate with their peers, learn from WWU Drama in Education students, and PERFORM theatre in public showcases!
Elementary SYTI (Entering Grades 1-5)
June 25 - July 6
9:00am to Noon, Monday-Friday*
Performing Arts Center *We will be in session the morning of July 4th
Showcase Performances on Friday, July 6th at Noon and 7pm in the Old Main Theater (Showcase performances are mandatory for all participants)
Registration (all-inclusive): $275 with $25 off every additional participant from the same family
Secondary SYTI (Entering Grades 6-12)
June 25 - July 13
1:30pm to 4:00pm, Monday-Friday*
Performing Arts Center *There will be NO Secondary SYTI on July 4th
Showcase Performance entitled "Encore!" - a collection of scenes, monologues, musical numbers and other theatrical fun (some written by the participants themselves) - on Friday, July 13th at 7pm in the Old Main Theater (Showcase performances are mandatory for all participants)
Registration (all-inclusive): $375 with $25 off every additional participant from the same family.
Commedia in the Park
July 4-6, 2012 at 7:00pm
Maritime Heritage Park
*FREE*
Presented by WWU Theatre students enrolled in the summer course “Advanced Acting Topics” taught by Rich Brown, “Commedia” is a highly physicalized, masked comic performance originating from the Italian Renaissance.
The show features well-known stock characters such as the tricky servants, young lovers, and foolish old men. All are welcome!
August 2-4, 2012 at 7:30pm
August 5, 2012 at 2:00pm
PAC Mainstage Theatre
$12 General
$10 Seniors, WWU Faculty & Staff
$8 Students
SEUSSICAL is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! The show brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination--Jojo. "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think" captures the show's spirit of imagination, as the colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge--not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him, the only one who recognizes "his kind and his powerful heart." Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant, in a story that makes you laugh and cry.
Auditions for Seussical will be held June 3rd in the Performing Arts Center, Room 399. Audition times are:
10am-12pm: Adults 18+ (must prepare 16 bars of a musical theater song)
1-3pm: Youth (Kindergarten through 12th grade)
6-9pm:Callbacks (all ages)
Rehearsals are July 2 - August 2, Monday through Friday evenings from 6:00-8:30 pm in the PAC Mainstage. Younger cast members will not be required to stay after 8pm. There will be one technical weekend on July 28-29 with the time TBA.
