CONGRATS TO YAG GRADUATES AND YAG INDUCTEES

Thursday, June 16th was a great celebration for the Young Ambassadors' Guild for the graduating seniors and 2011 inductees. All the world's a stage...and here are the emerging artists!

T. Carter Fussell Award Winners Announced

See the recipients here.

Summer YPW Intensive - Register Now!

This workshop is an intensive, fun, two-week program expanding experience in the dramatic arts for area youth through performance opportunities. The YPW program teaches students theatre through the rehearsal and performance of a one-act play.
All classes are Monday – Friday, 9am – 3pm (performances are on the final day). Two age groups are offered:

• YPW 1 ages 7-11
• YPW 2 ages 12-18

Two sessions are offered for each age group:

• Session I: July 11-22
• Session II: July 25 – August 5

All classes are held at the Youth Development Center in Winchester. Workshop cost is only $350 per child/session. Payment can be made by cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, or Discover. Payment plans are available.
To sign up, call the Wayside Theatre Box Office at 540-869-1776. More about YPW here.

Spring Shakespeare!

This year's Emerging Artists' Shakespeare show will be The Taming of the Shrew. Learn more about Emerging Artists Productions here.

YAG Presents: Shakespeare in the Park

Wayside Theatre’s Young Ambassadors’ Guild hosts first annual Shakespeare in the Park in Jim Barnett Park! Prior to the Winchester City Parks and Recreation Saturday Concert Series YAG will be providing fun, family-friendly entertainment of excerpts and spoofs of Shakespeare’s greatest works with the first annual Shakespeare in the Park! Plus fun crafts and face painting for the kids! Come for the music, stay for the Shakespeare! Admission is FREE!
More about YAG here.

June 25th 7pm A scene from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard, writer of "Shakespeare in Love" and "Arcadia". This play is based off two characters from Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

July 16th 7pm "Pyramus and Thisbe" the play within a play of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". A very humorous portrayal of two star-crossed lovers, a wall, and a lion.

July 30th 7pm "When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet" - what happens when 5 of Shakespeare's leading ladies give Juliet advice on love.

Mary Shelley is coming up soon!

It's almost time to audition for the Fall Emerging Artists Production, written and performed by students and produced by the professional staff at Wayside. This year's production is based on the life of Mary Shelley, the Gothic novelist responsible for Frankenstein. Auditions will be held on August 29th, 30th, and 31st from 5 P.M. to 9 P.M. Call the box office at 540-869-1776 to schedule a five-minute audition slot. Preparing a monologue is not necessary, but candidates should be prepared to do a cold reading.
Learn more about Emerging Artists Productions here.
Download the flyer here.

Book Your School Now For Christmas!

Wayside is already taking bookings for school matinees of our christmas show, Glory Bea: A Shenandoah Christmas Story. Kids love our holiday shows, featuring Q & A with our design staff during intermission.

YAG offers YPW scholarship

YAG is helping students attend a YPW summer session with a $175 in financial aid. To apply, fill out and return this form as instructed.

Education in Action Newsletter is now available

If you didn't already receive the newsletter by other means, you can read it by downloading this pdf. Learn about our departing members of YAG and get a recap of the education department's triumphs from this spring.