Many summer programs are available despite the pandemic!

atlanticactingschool.org/kids-and-teens/summer - Offering a 4-week pre-college intensive in a conservatory-style acting training course. 

tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/summrt-at-tisch/drama-intensives-and-courses - Offering individualized training through three- and six-week summer intensives, ranging from acting technique to musical theatre, on-camera acting, and more.

https://app.getacceptd.com/artsbridge - ArtsBridge provides two-week intensives in either acting, musical theatre, or classical singing. Apply by February 15th.

https://www.summer.ucla.edu/ushsstudent - UCLA Pre-college institute has courses in Acting & Performance, Camera Acting, Filmmaking, Musical Theatre, Street Dance, and a ton of other advanced college-level experiences.

http://www.oce.nysed.gov/nysssa/theatre -  NY State Summer School of the Arts is FREE and ONLINE this year. 32 actors are accepted each year. Take a two & 1/2 week intensive in theatre from the safety of your own home! 

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Some other cool FREE opportunities and programs:

https://shenycarts.org/education/ - CreateHer is a free course for girl-identifying high school students interested in writing and producing for theatre. Through the program, students are given the technical and creative tools to take their creativity from an idea to reality.

http://www.keencompany.org/ktaudition -  Keen Teens is a a free program that puts on a theatre festival, performing three original shows - generally 2 plays and a musical. Shows are written by professional playwrights and the crew is made up of people in the industry. There are also opportunities for students interested in the backstage element of theatre and not performing.

https://www.apollotheater.org/education/teens/ata-high-school-internship/ - This is a Technical Theatre internship available to rising high school seniors/students exiting the 11th grade. Interns will be trained and assigned to work with members of the Apollo’s production crew for six weeks to create virtual productions using lighting design, videography, audio engineering, set and production design.

https://creativeartsteam.org/programs/cat-youth-theatre - Each spring, the CAT Youth Theatre company (young people in high school) presents a full production of an original work in a professional venue. Each year approximately 70 middle school, high school, and early college-aged young people from across the city create socially relevant, artistically sophisticated original plays while learning vital life skillsThe group meets weekly throughout the year. No audition required. 

https://www.ghettofilm.org/nyfellows -The Fellows Program is a 30-month, college-level, pre-professional immersion in cinematic storytelling and production training for New York City high school students. Students receive instruction from leading filmmakers and industry experts, including Amy Adams, Lee Daniels and Spike Jonze. Each year students visit live sets, studios and screen their top films at prestigious venues like Lincoln Center.