PACE Guest Artists and Master Classes

This project will bring in two different companies, StageDoor Productions and the New York Neo-Futurists, to run a series of workshops and performance opportunities for all students involved in the PACE curriculum. With StageDoor Productions, the students will participate in three different workshops run by actual cast members and production crew from the same current Broadway show, one each in dance, music and theater. This experience will culminate with a trip to see the show live on Broadway. The New York Neo-Futurists will run a series of 2 workshops, where students will act as playwrights, writing in the style of the company- personal and close to the heart. The Neo-Futurists company will then perform a play for the students on the evening of the second day, an original work that attempts to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences unreached or unmoved by traditional theater. (Note that this grant was not completed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)

Grantees: Allison Parsley, Zachary Moore