NewsPHOTO CALL: A Sneak Peek at Waterwell Summer Theater Lab, With Lin-Manuel Miranda and a Performance from New Musical HamelinThe Waterwell Summer Theater Lab offered a special preview in New York August 2, including an appearance from master class artists Lin-Manuel Miranda and a performance from Aaron Jones' new musical Hamelin.
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August 05, 2013
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A Sneak Peek at Waterwell Summer Theater Lab, With Lin-Manuel Miranda and a Performance from New Musical Hamelin
A Sneak Peek at Waterwell Summer Theater Lab, With Lin-Manuel Miranda and a Performance from New Musical Hamelin
The Waterwell Summer Theater Lab offered a special preview in New York August 2, including an appearance from master class artists Lin-Manuel Miranda and a performance from Aaron Jones' new musical Hamelin.
The Waterwell Summer Theater Lab, in NYC's fabled Theater District, offers the dedicated high school student the opportunity to engage in a three-week training program with world class practitioners whose credits include film & television, Broadway, Off-Broadway, London's West End, International tours, major regional theatres and universities. Through ensemble-work, intense collaboration and individual guidance some of the nation's most promising young artists explore the classic and ever-changing worlds of live theater.
Waterwell (Arian Moayed & Tom Ridgely, Artistic Directors; Rebecca Schwartz, Director of Education) is a unique ensemble of theater artists dedicated to the creation of new work and the bold re-interpretation of classics. Founded in 2002 by Arian Moayed and Tom Ridgely, the company’s special blend of music, theater and social dialog has been nominated for three IT awards, a Drama Desk, a New York Magazine Culture Award and a Village Voice Best of NYC. The Voice calls them, “dynamic, resourceful and relentlessly entertaining.” And TheaterScene says, “There's no way a written description can do justice to their blazing energy and inventiveness.” The New York Times hails the work as, “brilliant, original and inspired. Alive enough to surprise even the performers themselves,” and Theatermania writes, “Waterwell has staked a claim on our collective conscience.” Since 2003, Waterwell has also offered structured classes in collaborative playmaking, or "devising", the process by which the ensemble develops its material. By 2010 those educational activities had grown and coalesced into the Waterwell Drama Program , which now delivers – in partnership with the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) – top-quality, year-round, in-school theater training to over 300 NYC public school students. The program addresses the student-artist holistically and demands they develop both as an interpreter and as a creator. Voice and movement work connect with scene study and devising; classroom learning supports rehearsal and performance projects; and everything is designed to be in dialog with what's going on outside the classroom - in their homes, communities and the world at large.
