Education

On Stage: Discovering New York’s Diversity through Theater, an afterschool program at the Museum of the City of New York

Completed applications are due no later than September 24.

Download an application here.

On Stage: Discovering New York’s Diversity through Theater for Individuals in High School. Since the late 19th century, performances as varied as Abie’s Irish Rose (1922), Dead End (1935), West Side Story (1957), and In the Heights (2008) portray a diverse and ever-changing city. Using programs, playbills, posters, and scripts from the Museum’s Theater Collection, students will understand how dramatic productions have both entertained audiences over the years and educated them about important issues such as immigration and assimilation in the city’s history. Participants will see a live professional performance in preparation for creating their own piece about immigration in the city—an original interpretation of these famous Broadway plays.

Parents and Guardians- Please decide if your child is eligible for this fall 2011/winter 2012 afterschool program by considering the following:

• Your child must be in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade when school begins this fall

• Your child must be available on Tuesdays after school and can attend all the sessions listed below

• Your child must be able to commit to arriving at the Museum at 4:30 pm on the session dates

• Your child must be able to stay for each of the session in its entirety (2 hrs)

• Your child must be an active participant in the program

• Your child will make every effort to participate in the On Stage program activities that do not take place on Tuesdays, such as attending a professional performance (possibly a Broadway play, TBD), attending some Saturday sessions to prepare for the student-driven performance at the Museum, at-home work to memorize any scripts for the student performance at the Museum, and the culminating student performance (date TBD) which families and school teachers will be invited to watch. These extra dates will be decided on at the beginning of the program.

Sessions will take place at the Museum from 4:30 to 6:30 pm on Tuesdays from October 4th to January 31st, with a few other dates included as described above. Email fkent@mcny.org for more information about the dates of the program.