Here’s Something BIG – APATA AWARDS

The Australian Performing Arts Teachers Association is announcing the Grand Prize for of one our lucky APATA Award winners, and it will blow your mind!!! Here it is!! Get ready!! Go!!

2020 Broadway Teachers Workshop – Celebrating 20th Anniversary

3 Days / 4 Broadway Shows / 15 Workshops / In the Theatre Capital of the World

ONE OF OUR WINNERS FROM THE APATA NATIONAL AWARDS WILL BE IN THE RUNNING TO ATTEND THIS OUTSTANDING PROGRAM!

Ultimate Prize Pack Includes: 

Return Flights: Australian Capital City to New York City & Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan

Airport Transfers: NYC + 2020 Broadway Teachers Workshop 9-11 July 2020

APATA is all about performing arts teaching, learning and professional development.

So, what do you need to do to be in the running for the opportunity of a lifetime?

JOIN APATA & Become a Member.

Celebrating their 20^th Anniversary Season, the Broadway Teachers Workshop returns with an outstanding program in July 2020 with a focus on teachers. Established in 2001 this professional development program for teachers, educators, academics and community performing arts has something for everyone and gathers global participation, selling out fast.

The 3-day intensive workshop includes tickets to 4 different Broadway shows, 15 workshops and masterclasses to choose from and intensives with creative teams, production staff and Broadway performers, peer reviews and so much more. This jam packed and invigorating workshop will inspire, educate and take you to a whole new level to bring back to the classroom.

The Broadway Teachers Workshop is designed to inspire teachers working in the classroom and delivering their own productions with new teaching methods, enhanced production skills and an exchange of idea and practices.

Guest artists have included all the greats from Susan Stroman and Lin Manuel Miranda through to a stellar line-up with the best in the business working across all aspects of staged performance. Every NY summer a full range of workshops that address every facet of making theatre is available, taught by Broadway professionals created with the educator in mind, offering a mix of methodology, practical applications and stories from behind the scenes.

Workshop topics every year include directing, musical theatre, stage design, choreography, dance, projections, curriculum development and education, techniques, paths to Broadway, wardrobe design, music, script and analysis through to up close and personal experiences to connect with leading Broadway artists and experts.

This year the 20^th anniversary celebrations will introduce new workshops into the mix and special Broadway guests to celebrate all that is performing arts. The opportunity to mix and mingle with peers, experience growth and add to professional development is incomparable. If anything like the 2019 Broadway guest artist list suggests the 20th anniversary celebrations will be difficult to surpass with award winners from the Tony’s and Oliver’s joining workshops to share their talents and knowledge.

Testimonials

 I want you to know what a profound impact your workshops have had on my teaching and directing. I have been teaching theatre for 35 years and you know the old saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”  Well, your 2010 and 2011 workshops have inspired this old dog to revamp and re-think most aspects of her curriculum. Last summer’s Spiderman production and workshop inspired me to devise sets which would transform themselves into another setting while onstage. We’ve added a wealth of props whose concept was founded in our amazing BTW props workshop. My students practiced new techniques with renewed confidence when auditioning for my shows, other city theatre companies or for admission to our Dallas Arts Magnet school, Booker T. Washington. Stephen Sondheim’s stories about the impact teachers had on his life made clear the awesome responsibilities each of us has every day in the classroom. Thank you, thank you, for this incredible learning opportunity. I look forward to seeing you in July. [Susan M.]

I cannot express enough how much I appreciate the effort and time you all put into the BTW this year.  This first experience was fantastic, and I was continually amazed at the access, quality of sessions, performances, and genuine desire to bring together the academic and professional worlds of Theatre.  It was simply one of the finest and most energizing professional workshops in which I participated. [Scott W. Kinard Junior High School]

Having now taken this course for the third consecutive year I am often asked by my colleagues if I’m still getting anything out of this…. the answer is simply OH YES! I am able to take new skills, marketing ideas and more back to our group. I look forward too many more years to come as well. [Sheryl A. Marquee Productions]

The Broadway Teachers Workshop is an outstanding opportunity to experience the richness that great Theatre artists and productions have to offer.  I have worked with the Broadway Teachers Workshop staff for a number of years, and they are cutting-edge planners of great educational experiences! [Ann McDounough, Ph.D. University of Nevada Las Vegas]

I had a wonderful time – it was so affirming to see the passion, the level of experience and acceptance as a theater professional and an educator, not only from fellow teachers and colleagues, but from the Bway community we were able to meet.  Can’t wait for the next opportunity! [Michelle B. Duchesne Academy]

On behalf of the students of Barriskill Dance Theatre School and Triangle Performing Arts Company in Durham, North Carolina I would like to thank everyone at your organization for an incredible weekend of transformation, life experience and personal growth. The gifts that theatre can bring were evident on every attendees’ face at the end of this conference! I cannot tell you how much Broadway Student Summit has injected passion, hope and a re-commitment to be their best into our students and faculty. It is an experience that the students will take with them throughout their lives-whether they become actors or not. [Michael B. Founder Barriskill Dance Theatre School]

There are no words for me to thank you enough for all that you provide.  I enjoyed every single minute of last week’s workshop.  I have only been to two, but they have enriched my life in so many ways.  You do a magnificent job of providing the best speakers and performers and shows.  I learned so much, and I find myself hanging onto every word and cherishing every moment. [Ann B.]

Just wanted to thank you for creating a marvellous experience for me! The BTW session B was so incredibly arranged. All of the presenters were pro, prepared and patient.  You have designed a brilliant springboard for theatre educators. I feel so recharged and inspired- sincerely, thank you! [Marylee D. Sacred Heart Academy]