Category Archives: Youth Theatre

Our Youth Theatre performance this past Saturday was a huge success, and we even got an article published in the paper: http://www.austin360.com/arts/students-turn-anger-into-art-at-paramount-presentation-1595502.html?cxtype=rss_a-list_123074 The show was a series of interviews and satirical sketches about the budget cuts in Texas schools.  While … Continue reading →

Each summer, the Paramount Theatre’s Education/Outreach Department hires twenty low income students whose paid, summer job is to write, produce, and tour a production. For this project, the goal of the production is to capture the students’ voices as well … Continue reading →

The past week marked the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA. As a tribute to all who had to endure the tragedy, I wanted to post a performance from our youth theatre ensemble where we adapted … Continue reading →

This Saturday the Paramount Youth Theatre will be performing an original production on the Paramount Stage.   For the production, the teens play collected stories and experiences of people who live in Austin, including a former mayor, a New Orleans evacuee, … Continue reading →

This past summer I partnered with the City of Austin and Southwest Key to hire 20 teenagers whose paid summer job was to write their own  show and  tour it around the city. This is a project that I really … Continue reading →

The Paramount Youth Theatre ended on a high note when the teenagers performed at the Paramount for almost 200 people!  For many of them, it was their first time acting, and I can’t think of a better place to learn about … Continue reading →

Wow!  What an exciting, challenging, and rewarding week.  I, along with four parents, drove the teens in my youth theatre to seven different locations where we performed our show for audiences ranging from ages 5 to 95.  There are so … Continue reading →