LEGACY Program for Youth
Backstage Tours
ATP gives groups of students of any age an information-packed, interactive guided tour of ATP's state of the art theatre facility, including the fly gallery, the lighting grid, the under-stage, the dressing rooms and of course the unique Martha Cohen Theatre itself.
For more information please contact Alix Laura Woods at awoods@ATPlive.com
Job Shadowing
ATP's Job Shadowing is a unique and productive way for a student to spend time in the life of theatre. Upon choosing the field best suited, ATP is happy to create a job shadowing program which the individual's time table, whether it is over the course of a day, a week or a month. The student is offered multiple opportunities to shadow an ATP professional who works in that particular field, giving them a wide variety of experience and tools to help them better understand the profession. To celebrate their job shadowing experience, the student and their parent are given a complimentary ticket to attend an evening's performance of the current show in production. A perfect way to learn about a life in the theatre! Job Shadowing gives students the chance to observe and question methods and practices of professionals and to diversify their skills and knowledge.
As well, teachers have the opportunity to experience professional theatre through our Job Shadowing program. Spend a day touring and observing behind the scenes to reinvigorate your passion and top it off with an evening performance from the best seat in the house, the Stage Management booth! Watching and listening to a professional bring a show to life with some of the most advanced sound and light equipment available is a learning opportunity any teacher can take advantage of, and bring back to their students.
For students who want a taste of what it is like to work in theatre, ask about our day long Job Shadow Program. Join us for the first rehearsal of one of our productions and meet the cast, hear the first read through of the play and see the design presentations. Take a tour of the ATP offices and backstage of the Martha Cohen Theatre. Please call for dates and more information about this truly unique experience.
Recommended for individual or groups in Junior High or High School.
For more information please contact Alix Laura Woods, LEGACY Coordinator at 294-7475 or awoods@ATPlive.com.
Internship
The University of Calgary Drama Department offers this program in cooperation with several professional theatre companies, of which ATP is proud to be one of. Under the supervision of a faculty member, one qualified fourth-year Drama student spends a full season at ATP gaining varied practical fieldwork experience.
For more information please contact the University of Calgary Drama Department.
Junior Apprenticeship
The Junior Apprentice Program provides a 35 week long opportunity for graduating students to spend their first year out of high school learning by doing. The program combines training in the field with supplemental instruction by professionals.
Learn everything you ever wanted to learn about theatre but were afraid to ask.
Free hands-on training in the theatre arts!
Apply for our Junior Apprentice Program.
What is an apprentice?
An apprentice is a person who is learning a trade by being employed in it for an agreed period at low wages (The Concise Oxford English Dictionary).
Positions are available for graduating Grade 12 students for a 8-9 month, full-time Junior Apprenticeship with Alberta Theatre Projects.
Concentrations are in the following areas:
- Technical/ production
- Stage Management
- Resource Development/ Fundraising
- Marketing and Communications
- Play Development
For more information please contact Dianne Goodman at 294-7433 ext. 1123 or dgoodman@ATPlive.com
The Junior Apprentice Program is made possible through the generous support of the following corporations and
foundations:
Student Writers' Group
From October through March, a dozen high school students are selected to form the Student Writers Group. They meet for two hours every Saturday to learn the craft of playwriting under the tutelage of Ethan Cole, a
playwright/ librettist/ composer and Eugene Stickland, formerly ATP's Playwright In Residence. The course culminates in Fresh Prints, a staged reading of the student plays during the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays. The students workshop their original scripts with professional actors who then read each student writer's script for friends and family.
Recommended for High School students. The cost is $100, including Fresh Prints.
For more information or to register please contact Ethan Cole at 891-4041 or ethancole@shaw.ca.
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