Young Company, A Professionally Trained Teen Ensemble
FREE YOUNG COMPANY PERFORMANCE
Irondale's Young Company proudly presents an ensemble-written new play, LIFE OUT LOUD, a performance of viewpoints, improvisation, and teen ensemble-written work. This piece explores living, struggling… and life in the circus!
The 2011-12 Young Company has been rehearsing weekly since September. Under the guidance of Irondale Ensemble members Damen Scranton and Michael-David Gordon, the Young Company has been learning and practicing with the same rehearsal and ensemble techniques used in the adult ensemble.
In exchange for their free tuition, YC members support the Irondale Center doing everything from ushering and assisting in children's classes to distributing marketing materials and stuffing programs to working alongside our ensemble on our Equity productions. YC members learn hands on what it takes to run a professional theatre. We are truly grateful for their commitment and are proud to call each and every young person an Irondale family member.
The Young Company has had a number of performances throughout the 2011-12 season. You may have seen them on stage and behind the scenes at the fall 2011 Irondale Gala. They also had a lively evening of all-star ensemble work at their Improv Show in January 2012. LIFE OUT LOUD is the first scripted piece the company will perform this season. Ensemble members presented a portion of it at the BAX Teen Arts Conference a few weeks ago. LIFE OUT LOUD features a portion of improvised movement technique called Viewpoints, and student written scenes. We hope you can attend one of their upcoming shows Friday March 30 and Saturday March 31 at 7:00PM.
LIFE OUT LOUD
March 30-31, 2012 at 7PM FREE
The Young Company uses the same model that created the Irondale Ensemble Project. We use the same ensemble training techniques that created the Irondale Ensemble. Just as the professional company grew out of the interests and talents of the original members, The Young Company develops its work in the same way.
Young Company meets every Saturday, September-June, at 11:00am. There is no cost to participate!
For more information about Irondale’s Young Company, please contact Amanda Hinkle, Director of Education at 718-488-9233 ext 224 or amanda@irondale.org
“There’s a lot of talk these days about helping emerging artists, and we see this as a way to get in on the ground floor of their development,” says Irondale’s Artistic Director, Jim Niesen.