Programs
Stage Combat Workshops
You're invited to our stage combat introductory sessions! Each weekend will feature a different style of stage combat, and give the actor a chance to familiarize themselves with new weapon types & fight styles. Each session will include learning a short piece of choreography, which you are permitted to film for your own records or reels if you wish.These sessions are not meant to replace comprehensive training in stage combat, but give the actor a taste of the style of choreography and basic experience handling in the weapon style.
Unarmed Stage Combat for Theater Camp
Join us for a weeklong unarmed stage combat intensive taught by a highly skilled professional with years of training! Students will learn principles of unarmed stage combat choreography, with a focus on technical execution and the character motivation underlying each hit. Every student will end the week demonstrating a brief fight set to a scene in a final showcase. This is a fantastic form of enrichment for theater kids & looks great on a theater resume, but also just fun for any teen interested in how fights are done on stage & film!
Storytellers Theater Camp
Recommended for ages 5-10
Explore the art of children's theater in this fun and playful week-long camp! Students will engage in performance in a playful and low pressure format where the focus is on imagination and exploration as well as learning acting warm-ups and theater games to help spark the creative spirit and inspire confidence on the stage.
Campers will work with our theater professionals to create a series of scenes and/or a short play with dialogue, singing, and dancing throughout the week, culminating in an end of the week performance for friends and family. If your child has ever wanted to try theater, or if conventional youth theater feels too high pressure, this is the perfect way for them to dive into theater arts in a developmentally appropriate, fun and easy way!
Life's a Stage
Do you love Theater? Want to hone your skills as an actor or even learn directing skills? Life's A Stage is a comprehensive theater arts class that will give students a chance to develop their acting skills through a variety of techniques and methods including Meisner, Stanislavski, improv, audition skills, monologues, scene studies and more. Classes are practical, playful, hands on and will be customized to the interests and needs of the students in the group.
Young Thespians Theater
This program is designed to be a fun, stress-free, and supportive space for students who wish to explore theater at a pace that fits each student’s individual wants and needs! The classes meet twice a week on Tuesday & Thursday. Students will explore acting, Shakespeare, and Musical Theater in a fun, stress-free and supportive environment! Students will learn and play acting games and exercises,do some scene work, and create performances together.
Rainbow Choir
A mixed-voice choral ensemble for teen singers who self-identify as transgender, intersex, genderqueer, non-binary, or LGBTQIA+. Our goal is to build a creative, empowered, joyful space for our trans and queer youth community, to encourage voices that have been silenced or shamed to grow and be heard and to change how the community thinks about gender identity and music. In addition, this group provides support for teens who are looking for support in developing their gender identity through their voice, both in speaking and in singing, with tips and tools from a highly trained professional. For singers of all skill levels, beginner to experienced, the choir learns and performs music of many styles, builds strong connections and lifts up the community’s strength and struggle through music.
Youth Programs
We are currently building our youth programs for students under the age of 13! We expect to have after school offerings for ages 5-9 and 10-13 available fall of 2024 that provide playful and low pressure ways for kids of all ages to explore the theater arts and build the skills they need to be competent performing artists. For now, we are offering theater classes for homeschoolers during the school year and one youth theater summer camp for students ages 5-10 with our partner program, Seven Directions Creative Learning Center! For more information please check out Theater Camp here and Seven Directions programs here
The Legacy Robe
The ritual of the Legacy Robe takes place on opening night on the stage of every Broadway musical that has a chorus. It began in 1950 when Bill Bradley, in the chorus of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, persuaded Florence Baum, a chorus member, to let him have her dressing gown. As a lark, he sent it to a friend, Arthur Partington, in the chorus of Call Me Madam, on opening night, telling him it had been worn by all the Ziegfeld beauties. Arthur added a rose from Ethel Merman's gown and sent it to a chorus member on the next opening night of Guys and Dolls. It was then passed from show to show in a haphazard way and was often presented to a friend of the previous recipient, or awarded to a chorus member based on popularity. Through the years the passing of the Robe became a specific ceremony with official rules stating how it is presented, worn and paraded on stage. This distinction is awarded to a member of the chorus who represents the positive spirit of the production.
At Renegade Theater Co. our Legacy Robe is presented to a member of the ensemble who exemplifies what it means to be a model member of the chorus. Legacy Robe recipients are responsible and hardworking, they bring uplifting energy to the cast as a whole and set themselves apart by going above and beyond what the staff has asked of them. Once the Legacy Robe has been awarded it is the recipient's duty to “bless” the cast and the stage, warding off bad luck and bringing the community together before each show.
The Tech Jacket
We are so privileged to be creating our own theater traditions here at Renegade Theatre Co., and as a part of that, we are proudly presenting The Tech Jacket as a Companion to the Legacy Robe. The tech jacket is awarded to a member of the technical staff and/or crew who has gone above and beyond their work on a production. We hope to continue this tradition of honoring the people on the technical crew who make these shows possible as equally important as the on stage cast.