WKC is planning on our YPTAW programs to be in-person, following NYS, CDC, and Delaware County guidance on Covid-19. If you’d like further information, please email Administrative Coordinator Sarah Weigel at sarah@westkc.org. These schedules and guidelines are subject to change. Attendee parents will be notified of any changes. Changes will not conflict with state and county guidelines.

Workshop: Music for Shakepeare
Ages: 12-19 (by 12/21)
Workshop Fee: $300 (WKC Members); $350 (Non-members); If already signed up for the Shakespeare Workshop the fee is $200 (WKC Members) and $250 (Non-members)
Dates: July 6 - August 1, Monday - Friday 
Time: 11a-12:30p

Tech Rehersal will be the final week (7/26 - 7/31

Open to singers and musicians of all types. Instrumental musicians will be responsible for having their own instruments and should have at least a basic proficiency with them. The workshop will form the band for Shakespeare in the Valley’s experimental online production on July 31 and August 1, and will play and sing the score for the show. During the workshop, participants will be guided through dramatic songwriting, musical styles, collaborating and recording music (played and sung).

Stephen Bennett has been writing music for theater for more than ten years, beginning while he was still training and working as an actor. In 2013, he produced a musical take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, called What You Will, so this will be the first time he has written two separate scores for a Shakespeare play. He has written music for works including Highly Impractical Theatre’s Three Sisters, Linked Dance Theatre’s Freaks Don’t Cry, several productions with This is Not a Theatre Company, as well as Dominic Finocchiaro’s brut. He has composed and music directed for the West Kortright Centre’s Shakespeare in the Valley program since 2017. Stephen is currently earning a master’s degree at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. 

Register online here. 

Workshop fees don't cover our operating costs! If you are able, please consider making an additional donation to help keep the fees affordable for everyone.
Need-based scholarships are also available.Scholarship requests can be marked & submitted on the downloadable registration form.
Donations to the Nancy Fales Garrett Scholarship Fund can be made here.

Memberships can be purchased here.