Education Initiatives Learning Workshop


NYTW’s primary Education Initia- tive for young people is Learn- ing Workshop, a multidisciplinary theatre education program for middle and high school students. The program strives to engage students in the artistic processes surrounding our productions. This year, NYTW continued partnerships with three New York City public schools: Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (LoMA), the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology (HSTAT) and the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA). The major components of our program—Student Matinees, In-School Residencies and Mentor- ing Workshops—were tailored to meet each of our partner schools’ theatre and arts curriculum needs.


Internship Program This Season, NYTW offered 31 college students and recent grad- uates internships with our Artis- tic, Literary, Education, Casting, Production Management, Techni- cal Direction, Development and Marketing departments. These four-month internships offered many benefits, including unlimited monthly MetroCards and school credit. In addition to participat- ing in staff activities and meetings on a daily basis, the entire group of interns gathered every other week to discuss their work, share ideas and speak with an invited guest from the theatre community over lunch. NYTW is proud that many interns have used connec- tions made at the Workshop to find part- or full-time positions at NYTW and other notable New York theatrical organizations.


“My time as an intern at New York Theatre Workshop has been an amazing experi- ence full of hands-on learning. From day one, I was entrusted with a variety of tasks that helped me grow as both an artist and administrator. I enjoyed the experience so much I’ve even stayed on for an extra Season!”


-Ashley Monroe, Artistic/Casting Intern Fall 2010 & Summer 2011


Mind the Gap


Launched in our 2008/09 Season, NYTW continued to facilitate Mind the Gap, a free intergenerational theatre workshop. Small groups of elders (60+) and high school students benefited from partici- pating in this 10-week course led by playwright Alex Lewin in which they honed their dramatic writing skills, became more involved with the arts and learned from class- mates with different life experienc- es. In each of the three sessions this year, the course partnered members from each age group to share personal stories which were then used to inspire their partner’s writing. Each workshop concluded with presentations of the participants’ short scenes read by professional actors. This spring, NYTW hosted the first Mind the Gap Reunion, a weekend playwrit- ing intensive for prior Mind the Gap participants to reunite and review their writing progress. In addition, NYTW was awarded a grant from The New York Commu- nity Trust to expand the program by strengthening our outreach efforts across the City.


Top (left to right): (1) Two KGIA students creating masks as part of the Drama & Creative Movement class, (2) Students at the matinee of The Little Foxes, (3) LoMA students work with Kaneza Schaal from Elevator Repair Service on scenes from The Select as part of Learning Workshop; Bottom (left to right): (1) KGIA student’s drawing of Peter and the Starcatcher, (2) Interns Abby Schreer, Ashley Monroe, Katie Palmer and Michael Kinnan at Three Pianos opening night, (3) Mind the Gap participants Janic Haynes and Betsy Hulick.


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