Education
Bay Street Theater is committed to helping the community learn about theater in a variety of ways. You can contact our Education department by email at education@baystreet.org or by phone at 631-725-0818 ext. 213
Testimonials about Bay Street's Kid Theater Camps and Teen Programs:
“The Bay Street programming has given me a taste of the real world of performing and a head start in the field I hope to pursue.” – Student
“The Bay Street student programming has offered me so many opportunities to test the trust in myself and strive as an aspiring performer.” – Student
“My daughter said the Improv workshop was FANTASTIC! She really meant it, too. She said the instructor was great, too. Hooray! Such a wonderful program. We’ve been mentioning how much we would love to see workshops for older kids as ours grew and here it is—such a terrific start.” – Parent
KIDS THEATER CAMPS
Throughout the year, Bay Street Theater offers educational camps during the February and Spring Break school vacation weeks as well as several offerings during the summer. Call the Education Department at 631-725-0818 or email education@baystreet.org
TEEN PROGRAMS
Teen Workshops and Masterclasses round out the Bay Street Theater’s education mission by providing young actors with one-on-one coaching and staging of participants’ songs and monologues.
Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts hosts extraordinary visiting artists and often arrange special classes to our community, providing an opportunity to personally engage with amazing performers and performance-makers. Local artists of note are also invited to share their unique perspectives with our students in workshop settings.
Teen Workshops and Masterclasses are offered in areas of Audition Technique using contemporary monologues, Speaking Shakespeare speeches as soliloquies to discover the essence of his characters, and Musical Theater acting and staging songs for Summer 2016.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Bay Street's interns experience first-hand the workings of an active professional theater, garnering invaluable work skills in the various aspects of technical production. Actively working with trade professionals in the rehearsal and production process, interns directly explore their own suitability to the demands and rewards of a life in the theater. Interns receive hands-on training in an extensive range of theatre skills through a rigorous schedule of production work.
LITERATURE LIVE!
LITERATURE LIVE! brings the power of the word from the page to the stage. Using curriculum-based literature, Bay Street Theater creates a unique learning experience by bringing professional theater artists together to present first class productions. The possibilities for insight and understanding of the subject matter are only increased when students can witness the characters from a great play or novel living and breathing and telling their stories right before their eyes.
GOAT ON A BOAT
The Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre is a non-profit puppet theater committed to introducing young children and their families to a lifelong love of theater and the creative arts since 2001. Goat on a Boat has moved to to its new home at Bay Street Theater!
Frequently Asked Questions
Upcoming Education Shows & Events
Jack & Jill is one-man puppet show featuring hand-carved, folk-toy-inspired puppets and live music. The show explores the contemporary issue of water conservation in the tradition of the Appalachian Jack Tale. In...
Ages 9 - 12
9:30 am - 12:30 pm daily
In this camp, students will work together with a teaching artist to create and perform their very own musical! In addition to developing ideas for an original script, students...
Ages 13 - 18 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Teaching Artist: Mike Canestraro More info to be announced
Best friends Monkey (a monkey) and Dino (a dinosaur) are attempting to bring YOU the greatest puppet show EVER! Or at least a really good one. Join this simian and reptilian team and a host of their other wacky friends...
Ages 7 - 9
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
In this camp, students will work together with a teaching artist to create and perform their very own musical! In addition to developing ideas for an original script, students will...
Make no bones about it - The Dinosaur Show is sure to tickle your funny bone and stimulate your imagination. Mesner Puppet Theater reaches into the past using hand, rod, shadow and body puppets to bring this prehistoric...
Ages 13 - 18 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Teaching Artist: Mike Canestraro More info to be announced
Ages 13 - 18 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Teaching Artist: to be announced Gain first-hand experience analyzing and experimenting with a classic scene from Shakespeare. Students will work with a teaching artist in tackling the...
Ages 7 - 9 9:30 am - 12:30 pm In this camp, students will work together with a teaching artist to create and perform their very own musical! In addition to developing ideas for an original script, students will learn...
A peppy interpretation of the classic story in which Cinderella is helped by her fairy godmother and the clock at the top of the castle tower to outwit her evil stepmother and win Prince Charming’s heart. Full of...
AGES 13 - 18 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Teaching Artist: Will Pomerantz In this class, students will work with Bay Street Theater’s Associate Artistic Director in analyzing a classic scene both on the page and on the...
Master of Ceremonies Bugsby Berkeley heads a cast of all-star insects who perform in the craziest Vaudeville show ever! Acrobatic ants, jumping fleas, tap-dancing spiders, cavorting caterpillars...even a butterfly...
AGES 13 - 18 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Teaching Artist: Scott Schwartz In this class, students will work with Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director collaboratively in learning and experimenting with the fundamentals of...
A modern re-telling with a family of bears at a National State Park campsite who bear a striking resemblance to the Cleaver family in "Leave It To Beaver;" complete with TV commercials , a rock &...
The Comedians is an Italian theatrical tradition mixing drama, music and puppetry. Harlequin, Pantalone and Capitano star in funny episodes of puppet theater with a universal language, mainly mimic, a lot of music and a...
AGES 13 - 18 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Teaching Artist: To be announced Students will learn the fundamentals of playwriting as they write and perform their very own monologue for an original character.
This production starts with the classic race of the Tortoise and the Hare. Hare, super speedy; Tortoise, slow and steady. Who will win? The conclusion of the race takes place on the “Troll Bridge” waking up...