teen council events
The Berkeley Rep Teen Council sponsors many events throughout the year. Check this site regularly for updates.
teen council meetings
Teen council meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 5PM at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, 2071 Addison Street in downtown Berkeley. Meeting dates for 2008/09 are: September 3, October 1, November 5, December 3, January 7, February 4, March 4, April 8, May 6 and June 3.
Meetings include guest speakers from Berkeley Rep’s own professional staff as well as actors and designers from the award-winning shows that are part of each season. Teens will leave each month’s meeting with career advice and valuable insight from all aspects of the performance industry. They will also receive information about upcoming Teen Council projects and community outreach opportunities. Recent speakers have included Dave Maier, fight choreographer; Michael Suenkel, production stage manager; Danny Hoch, writer / director / actor; and Amy Potozkin, casting director.
target® teen night: eat, talk and see great plays with the teen council
A special opportunity for teens from around the Bay Area to attend the Friday Preview of each play at Berkeley Rep, have dinner and participate in a behind-the-scenes workshop prior to the performance for an extremely discounted price. Past Target® Teen Nights have included discussions with Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Tony Taccone; The Glass Menagerie Director and Associate Artistic Director Les Waters; 9 Parts of Desire Director Joanna Settle; The Miser Director Dominique Serrand; Brundibar Assistant Director Eddie Kurtz; Our Town Sound Designer Mark Bennett; Zorro in Hell Fight Director Dave Maier; Oliver Twist Dialect Coach Laura Hitt and Movement Director Struan Leslie; and Passing Strange Director Annie Dorsen.
For more information about Target® Teen Night, or to reserve your ticket, call Teen Council at 510.647.2974 or e-mail teencouncil@berkeleyrep.org
teen theatre conference
Last year, Bay Area teens interested in theatre participated in Teen Council’s Third Annual Teen Theatre Conference. The conference was designed to create an open forum for students from different high-school drama programs to exchange ideas, network and strengthen the teen theatre community. The participants were able to focus in one of five areas of concentration, including directing, acting, design, journalism in the arts and producing.
This past year’s conference was divided into two parts: the first half of the day was spent studying with theatre professionals in their chosen area of concentration, while the second half allowed participants to work in small teams and produce a short piece of theatre.
More information about this year’s conference will be coming soon!
write a play, right away!
Last year, Teen Council hosted the first play creation project, Write a Play, Right Away! in which an ensemble of creative, devoted high school students wrote, directed and performed plays in less than a week. It was a great way to kick off the year! At the beginning of the week, each participant wrote a 9-page play given certain requirements. Once plays were selected for performance, members of the ensemble were chosen at random to direct or act in one of the plays. Everyone in the ensemble wrote a play and participated in the rehearsal and performance processes. It was a great experience for everyone involved!
Stay tuned for our next project!