ARTS & ACHIEVEMENT
Arts Education—Exercise for your brain!
For over 45 years, Theater in the Open has provided beloved arts experiences for kids across the North Shore. Our team of professional educators are dedicated to arts education as a social good – our alumni are shaped by developmental experiences that build self-confidence, empathy, critical thinking skills, and a lifelong love of the arts. It is crucial that these programs continue to be accessible to all families and children – our performing arts education classes are affordable, inclusive, and supported by a robust scholarship program.
“Theater in the Open has demonstrated consistently that they can work with young people and develop their creativity, commitment to a goal and remarkable self confidence. In these days of arts education being stripped from the education curriculum, organizations like TITO become a necessary part of the social fabric of our society.”
What We've Achieved
Developed a Summer Arts Workshop Scholarship Program so economic circumstance is not a barrier to participation.
Increased capacity at our Summer Arts Workshop — we are now able to serve over 300 students each summer.
Offer instruction in theater, visual arts, and movement, as well as training for students interested in youth arts education.
Offer one off workshops at Georgetown Public Schools, the Pingree School, and the Salvation Army (Lynn, MA) on topics from Shakespeare, Improv, and creating plays in collaboration.
Expanded our youth performing arts education summer programming from six to nine weeks of workshops.
Expanded our spring programming to include an afterschool drama club and drama club residencies at Sparhawk School and Esperanza Academy.
Formed partnerships with several health and human services organizations to include underserved youths in our programs from areas beyond Newburyport.
Engaging students in the fall, winter, and spring with Workshop at Night and the Winter Panto Workshop programs.
Our education programs are deliberately designed for the outdoors in order to develop confident woodland explorers with a deep connection to nature.
Interested in joining our educational staff this summer? Please fill out our Workshop application here and submit a resume.