Toggle navigation Program Details Level: High School Grades: Enrolled in 9-12 Length: 9 days Get Info Enroll Now Program Highlights Dates & Locations Hands-on Simulations Guest Speakers Trips & Tours Leadership Training Tuition Develop and showcase your talent on the New York City stage at the NSLC on Theater. At the National Student Leadership Conference on Theater, you will live and learn in New York City, and have access to all the city has to offer. You will go backstage and see the inner workings of Broadway, participate in master classes and discussions with top New York artists, and spend evenings in the audience of Broadway shows. Program HighlightsExperience award-winning theaterSee Broadway and Off-Broadway shows and engage in post-show talk-backs with the casts.Guest speakersWork with theater professionals and participate in Master Classes with actors, music directors, designers and stage managers.Showcase your own talent on a New York stageas you and your production team craft your own show. Dates & LocationsFordham UniversityNew York, NY Sample Schedule Trips & Tours Explore LocationJuly 6 - July 14 July 18 - July 26 July 30 - August 7 Hands-on Simulations From your home base of New York, you will experience the life of a theater professional. You will go backstage and see the inner-workings of Broadway, participate in master classes and discussions with top New York artists, and spend evenings in the audience of Broadway shows. With a group of your peers, you will even design, rehearse, and produce your own show. Throughout the process you’ll receive feedback from professional actors, directors, playwrights and stage managers who have years of experience working on Broadway. Our college-level lecture series will provide a foundation of knowledge on theater performance and production. Topics include: Acting for the Theater The Art of Stage Management Playwriting: From Idea to Production An Introduction to Theatrical Design Techniques for Playing Shakespeare Audition Tips for Actors Mastering the Business of Theater Approaching the Monologue Basic Movement for Actors Meet Theater ProfessionalsWhile at the NSLC’s high school summer theater program, you will meet with and learn from professionals in the New York theater community including playwrights, actors, directors, stage managers and producers. Examples of past guest speakers include: Mary Louise ParkerTony, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actorJohn GromadaDrama Desk Award-Winning Composer and Sound DesignerJohn Lee BeattyTwo Time Tony Award-Winning Set DesignerView More Guest SpeakersLilli CooperActress, Original Cast of Spring AwakeningAyad AkhtarPulitzer Prize-Winning PlaywrightAward-winning castsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Phantom of the Opera, In the Heights, and othersDoug HughesTony Award-winning DirectorJames FitzsimmonsBroadway Stage ManagerNancy PiccioneDirector of Casting, Manhattan Theatre Club Behind-the-Scenes ToursAn important part of the NSLC high school summer theater program is seeing the sites around some of our nation’s greatest cities. These trips are designed as both sightseeing tours and exclusive educational trips specifically tailored to the Theater program. These trips may include: Fordham UniversityBroadway Shows | Off-Broadway Shows | Lincoln Center Theater | Rockefeller Center | Times Square | Bryant Park | Manhattan Theater Club Leadership TrainingAt the heart of the NSLC is a leadership curriculum designed to build concrete leadership skills that will help you succeed. Interactive lectures and small-group workshops will give you an opportunity to build upon your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. Leadership topics tailored to the Theater program include: Personality Styles and Group Dynamics Conflict Resolution Negotiation Public Speaking Intrapersonal Communication Tuition Program tuition includes housing, all on-campus meals, course materials, academic expenses, and activities. Tuition also includes chartered, air-conditioned motor coaches for off-campus briefings and tours. Note: Students are responsible for the cost of travel to and from the program as well as individual spending money for souvenirs, laundry, and a few off-campus meals during fields trips and tours. Click here to view our cancellation and refund policy. Location Tuition New York City $3,395
