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Is Summer 2008 really only a month away?? Well, you know what that means...

SUMMER 2009 IS ONLY 13 MONTHS AWAY!! Over the past few months, we've been fielding a tremendous amount of email from parents looking for applications for NEXT summer. We've gotten so many requests that we've decided to post the 2009 Camp Application now!

Please recognize that while we accept applications on a first-come basis, we WILL offer PRIORITY applications to our current students throughout the summer. We will not process NEW camper applications until after 9/15...but get them in early: Summer 2009 will be another sell-out!

We're putting the finishing touches on our new theatre and campus construction projects. To celebrate the opening of the new space, we're launching DRAMAFEST, a one-day event each session during which 5 original scripts will be written and produced by Stagedoor Manor students! More information regarding the rules for Dramafest can be found here! Here's a story about Dramafest on Playbill.com!

IS SUMMER 2008 SOLD OUT! Yes, but if you are interested in a place on our waiting list, please call Barb at our toll-free number (1-888-782-4388) for more information.

Hot off the presses - check out this feature about Stagedoor in the New York Post and this amazing video segment about Stagedoor that ran on THE TODAY SHOW in July!

Summer 2007 was such an exciting time for Stagedoor: In partnership with Music Theatre International and the original creators, Stagedoor produced a one-time workshop School Edition of the international hit Avenue Q. We were also fortunate to produce a pilot production of RENT School Edition (which Stagedoor helped develop over the past two summers) and the first workshop production of Sweeney Todd School Edition, a new title currently being considered by MTI. Summer 2006 was spectacular, too, as Stagedoor produced the world-premiere production of Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! Stagedoor's production of HSM was prominently featured in Life Story and in other national magazines. Last year, Stagedoor was also profiled in The Sondheim Review and was featured in People.  

Here are the Summer Session dates for 2008:

 
S1: June 16 - July 6, 2008 | S2: July 7 - July 27, 2008 | S3: July 28 - August 17, 2008

Stagedoor Manor Partners With American Theatre Wing!

The American Theatre Wing is best known for creating The Tony Awards, but their commitment to celebrating excellence and supporting education in theatre is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, on demand, for free, from the company's website: www.americantheatrewing.org. There you'll find more than 400 hours of streaming and downloadable media, including the television programs "Working in the Theatre" and "Guides to Careers in the Theatre," as well as the radio show "Downstage Center." Collectively, the programs feature a "who's who" of the theatre talking about their craft and careers, with guests ranging from Harold Prince, Raul Esparza, and Billy Crudup, to Steven Sondheim, Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O'Hara. Whether you're looking for great backstage stories or practical career advice, www.americantheatrewing.org is an unprecedented free archive of how theatre is made, in the words of the people who make theatre.