Among the hats that Urban Improv Interim Education Director
Holly Tarnower
wears is the oversight of our high-school
Youth Unscripted
program.
“Our [teen] youth engage in community-building activities, work on identity, and use art to express themselves through many mediums," Holly reports. "It's an incredibly safe space. Kids of different ages, schools, neighborhoods and backgrounds very quickly become a community."
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Last year's Youth Unscripted students practice critical decision-making skills through scenework and improv.
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SAVE THE DATE!
This spring's final devised performance from Youth Unscripted will be performed on the evening of
Thursday, March 26
, at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. This talented crew of young dancers, actors, musicians, performance poets and more is currently hard at work on a piece that will feature stories of immigration and identity, using puppetry as a metaphor to ask: “In our lives, who are the puppets and who are the puppeteers?”
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Veronica Wells is a graduate of Boston Arts Academy and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Photo courtesy of Ms. Wells.
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Filmmaker, performer, theater artist, and Urban Improv actor-educator
Veronica Wells
has been with us for eight years — and is a veteran of the program! In an ebullient exchange, we discussed the program's transformative power, overcoming fear, and the plethora of theater and film projects that this prolific artist has to her name.
Follow along with Veronica's many creative adventures
online,
and read more about her on our blog:
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Auditions for our spring season of
Freelance Players
have ended, and now it's time to buckle down, work hard, and have fun!
Our spring 2020 season features our six troupes in the following original musicals:
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Twice as mice: at the end of January, the Needham Troupe put on
Great Expectations
, a musical adaptation of the Dickens classic.
Read more about this season's shows in our
Freelance Press
:
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Arr, mateys: the Newton Troupe take their bows at the end of a performance of
X Marks the Spot
, which opened in early January and then toured throughout the community.
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Some of our youth take the stage at Boston '19.
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Backstage at Banned in Boston '09.
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During a recent break in their residency at MGM Las Vegas, we interviewed
Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton
about his philosophy on performance, history of involvement with Rehearsal for Life, and the value of giving back.
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"You have to be OK with pushing yourself to get in front of an audience, or a microphone, and
trust that you will be able to do something that is worthwhile
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Catch Tom Hamilton onstage at Banned in Boston!
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Discover our entire all-star lineup of cast members and participating restaurants at
bannedinboston.org
!
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Everyone at Rehearsal for Life is grateful to our supporters for helping us do our important, impactful work with youth. Our life-changing programming would not be possible without your generous support. Whether you are giving your time or money, your contribution helps to transform the lives of young people in our community.
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Featuring photos by David Carmack, Rich Crable, Emily Duggan, Jeph Ellis, Jack Foley, Grant Hamilton,
Lisa Kessler, Joshua Lavine, Lucy Mazur-Warren, Zachary Stuart, and Charlie Warren.
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