Educational Programs

Summer Spectacular

In this eight hour a day, four week theatre arts camp, young artists rotate through a series of workshops including acting, dance, audition techniques; lighting, costume, and set design; acting for video and television production. The classes are taught by experienced theatre artists and include workshops with the theatre's award winning artistic staff. The camp wraps up with performances on the Hippodrome stage where young actors share their talents with family and friends.
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Class Act

This eight hour a day, four week summer camp takes older actors into the professional theatre process. Students learn all aspects of play production including marketing, props, lighting, set and costume design. Workshops include acting, dance, and audition techniques as well as acting for video and television production. The classes are taught by experienced theatre artists and include workshops with the theatre's award winning artistic staff. The grand finale is a crowd pleasing performance for family and friends on the Hippodrome stage.
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Spring Break-A-Leg

In this week-long theatre arts camp, young artists rotate through a series of workshops including acting, dance, audition techniques; lighting, costume, and set design. The classes are taught by experienced theatre artists and include workshops with the theatre's award winning artistic staff. Spring Break-A-Leg wraps-up with a talent show for family and friends.
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HITT

The Hippodrome Improvisational Teen Theatre Program was created in 1984 to provide teens with a way to creatively explore their attitudes about such serious life issues as alcohol and substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS. Since that time, HITT has provided over 30,000 teens with the resources to make positive choices necessary to protect them from addiction, violence and mental health problems. HITT is a prevention and intervention program targeting 100% at-risk youth from diverse backgrounds and ethnic populations, primarily economically disadvantaged, underserved and minority youth. The program's overall goal is to provide participants with a sense that they can succeed and to furnish them with the skills and knowledge necessary to resist high-risk behaviors.
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The Florida Teen Playwright Festival

The Florida Teen Playwright Festival is an annual event that inspires teens from all over the state of Florida to explore the world of theatre through writing plays. Each year the Hippodrome works with hundreds of teachers throughout the state to introduce the art of play writing and to encourage students to find their own unique form of dramatic expression. Each student submits an original full-length one-act play to be judged by a national panel of judges. The project combines the energies and talents of Florida and national playwrights who evaluate each play submission and select winners. The three winning playwrights will be invited to serve as artists-in-residence and will be paired with a professional directorial/playwrighting consultant for mentoring. This intensive process allows the young playwrights to find their individual voices and to communicate their dreams through powerful medium of theatre arts. A fully staged professional production gives them the opportunity to see their play come to life on the Hippodrome Stage.
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