Open House, One-Day Camps and More Set for TADA! Youth Theater's Sept 2012 Events

TADA! Youth Theater has announced its upcoming events for this month, September 2012. The theater is the Drama Desk and Coming Up Taller Award-winning organization, which offers a diverse group of young people the opportunity to explore and perform musical theater. TADA! Youth Theater is located at 15 W. 28th St., 2nd fl. (btw. Broadway & Fifth Ave.)

September 15, 2012
FREE Open House on September 15th, 2012 from 10am-2pm Interested musical theater students will participate in an age-appropriate sample classes followed by a Q&A session with TADA! Teaching Artists and administrators.

Reservations for the sample classes are highly recommended. Email education@tadatheater.com your name, email address, and phone number as well as your child's name and age, so they can be placed in the appropriate time slot. TADA! Youth Theater is located at 15 West 28th St. 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10001.

Monday, September 17: (Rosh Hashanah) – Final Summer Showdown
Tuesday, September 18: (Rosh Hashanah) – Back To School with Broadway
Wednesday, September 26: (Yom Kippur) – Fall into the Rhythm

1-Day Camps

When School is out TADA! is in! Explore the world of acting, singing and dancing in a special 1-day camp that focuses on core elements of musical theater and associated themes that includes theater games, comedic improv and dramatic play when NYC public schools are closed and many parents still have to work. Master cool dance moves and sing your heart out. Families are invited to watch the last 20 minutes of the day.

Hours: 9am-5:30pm (*Flexible drop-off 9:00 - 9:30 AM); $100. Grades 1 - 5. http://tadatheater.com/schoolbreakcamps&workshops.asp.

Since 1984, TADA! Youth Theater has been providing young people of all different backgrounds the opportunity to explore and perform musical theater together in an educational, supportive and professional environment. TADA! has received many honors and awards including the American Alliance for Theater Education’s Anne Flagg Multicultural Award, Family Circle Magazine’s 1st Annual Halo Award, and more than a dozen National Youth Theatre Awards and two Innovative Theater nominations. In 2008 TADA! was honored with a Coming Up Taller Award, our nation’s highest honor for youth development from the President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities, and in 2009 with a Special Drama Desk Award for "providing an invaluable contribution to the future of the theater.” TADA! is the only youth theater to have won this prestigious award.

Every year, TADA! produces: original musical Theater Productions performed by kids for family audiences; a discounted ticket program; free pre-professional training and youth development opportunities through the Resident Youth Ensemble composed of over 80 NYC kids ages 8-18; renowned Arts Education in-school residencies and after-school programs; and theater classes and camps for kids of all ages taught by professional Teaching Artists and for which need-based financial aid is readily available.

For more information visit www.tadatheater.com.

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